Amelanchier laevis

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Read about Amelanchier laevis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Amelanchier laevis, Wiegand (A. canadénsis, Gray, not Medikus). Irregularly branched tree, with spreading branches, to 40 ft., sometimes shrubby: Lvs. oval-ovate to ovate-oblong, short-acuminate, subcordate or rotúndate at the base, rarely broadly cunéate, 1½-2½ in. long, sharply serrate nearly to the base, quite glabrous and purplish when young: racemes slender, many-fld., drooping, glabrous or nearly so, lower pedicels very long, in n. about 1 in., in fr. sometimes 2 in. long; petals oblong-linear, about ½ in. long; top of ovary glabrous: fr. purple or nearly black, bloomy, juicy and fairly sweet. May; fr. in June. From Newfoundland to Mich, and Kans., south to Ga. and Ala. Em. 2:503 (upper figures). H.T. 242. M.D.G. 1900:494, 495. G. 16:48; 34:343 (habit). G.M. 44:306 (habit).—This is the most graceful and the handsomest species in bloom, differing from all other species in the purplish young foliage and the drooping racemes. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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