Sorbus frutescens

Short description: Species of plant in the genus Sorbus

Sorbus frutescens

Fruit with Autumn foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Rosales
Family:  | Rosaceae
Genus:  | Sorbus
Species:  |

S. frutescens

Binomial name
Sorbus frutescens

McAll.[1]

Synonyms[2]

Pyrus frutescens (McAll.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.

Sorbus frutescens is a species of rowan native to Gansu province of China.[2] Often mistakenly lumped in with Sorbus koehneana, it is a very small tree reaching only 2 m at maturity, with white fruit[3] against dark green pinnate leaves which turn shades of red and bronze in autumn.

It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.[4]

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## References

1. ↑ Sorbus & Rowans: 233 (2005)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Sorbus frutescens McAll.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77069164-1.
3. ↑ "Sorbus frutescens \- helmipihlaja". Arboretum Mustila. http://www.mustila.fi/en/plants/sorbus/frutescens.
4. ↑ "Sorbus frutescens". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/238575/i-Sorbus-frutescens-i/Details. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

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