Amelanchier × lamarckii | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Amelanchier |
Species: | A. × lamarckii
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Binomial name | |
Amelanchier × lamarckii |
Amelanchier × lamarckii, also called juneberry, serviceberry or shadbush, is a large deciduous flowering shrub or small tree in the family Rosaceae.
In spring the plant unfurls new leaves and produces star-shaped white flowers. [1] The leaves are pink when they first open, maturing to yellow-green, and turn red in autumn. [1] The plant's young berry-like pome fruits are dark red when young, but become dark purple when ripe. [2]
This form is an natural hybrid of A. arborea × A. laevis. [3] ( A. laevis and either A. arborea or A. canadensis); therefore under the rules of botanical nomenclature, it would be known as Amelanchier × lamarckii. The Latin specific epithet honors the French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829). [4]
The European common name snowy mespilus [2] (a name which is also attached to the related A. ovalis) reflects its close relationship with the medlar genus, Mespilus. It is also known as snowy mespil. [5]
The plants are originally from eastern Canada and widely naturalised in Europe. [2] There has been some escape within North America of plants apparently secondarily derived from those European forms. [6]
The fruit is eaten by birds soon after it ripens. [2]
The species is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [2]
Like other species of Amelanchier, [7] the fruits are edible with a sweet flavor.
Amelanchier × lamarckii | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Amelanchier |
Species: | A. × lamarckii
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Binomial name | |
Amelanchier × lamarckii |
Amelanchier × lamarckii, also called juneberry, serviceberry or shadbush, is a large deciduous flowering shrub or small tree in the family Rosaceae.
In spring the plant unfurls new leaves and produces star-shaped white flowers. [1] The leaves are pink when they first open, maturing to yellow-green, and turn red in autumn. [1] The plant's young berry-like pome fruits are dark red when young, but become dark purple when ripe. [2]
This form is an natural hybrid of A. arborea × A. laevis. [3] ( A. laevis and either A. arborea or A. canadensis); therefore under the rules of botanical nomenclature, it would be known as Amelanchier × lamarckii. The Latin specific epithet honors the French naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829). [4]
The European common name snowy mespilus [2] (a name which is also attached to the related A. ovalis) reflects its close relationship with the medlar genus, Mespilus. It is also known as snowy mespil. [5]
The plants are originally from eastern Canada and widely naturalised in Europe. [2] There has been some escape within North America of plants apparently secondarily derived from those European forms. [6]
The fruit is eaten by birds soon after it ripens. [2]
The species is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [2]
Like other species of Amelanchier, [7] the fruits are edible with a sweet flavor.