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Amelanchier stolonifera, Wiegand (A. spicata, Brit. & Brown, in part, not Koch. A. ovàlis of many authors, not Medikus). Upright stoloniferous shrub, 1-4 ft. high, forming patches: Lvs. oval, rarely oval-oblong or orbicular, rounded at the base or rarely subcordate, 1-2 in. long, finely serrate, usually quite or nearly entire on the lower third, glabrous above, densely white-tomentose beneath when young: racemes short, dense, upright, tomentose or nearly glabrous; fls. small; petals obovate-oblong, about ⅓ in. longj top of ovary woolly: fr. purplish black, bloomy, juicy and sweet. May. a few days later than A. laevis; fr. in July. Newfoundland and Maine to Va.
 
Amelanchier stolonifera, Wiegand (A. spicata, Brit. & Brown, in part, not Koch. A. ovàlis of many authors, not Medikus). Upright stoloniferous shrub, 1-4 ft. high, forming patches: Lvs. oval, rarely oval-oblong or orbicular, rounded at the base or rarely subcordate, 1-2 in. long, finely serrate, usually quite or nearly entire on the lower third, glabrous above, densely white-tomentose beneath when young: racemes short, dense, upright, tomentose or nearly glabrous; fls. small; petals obovate-oblong, about ⅓ in. longj top of ovary woolly: fr. purplish black, bloomy, juicy and sweet. May. a few days later than A. laevis; fr. in July. Newfoundland and Maine to Va.
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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Amelanchier stolonifera, Wiegand (A. spicata, Brit. & Brown, in part, not Koch. A. ovàlis of many authors, not Medikus). Upright stoloniferous shrub, 1-4 ft. high, forming patches: Lvs. oval, rarely oval-oblong or orbicular, rounded at the base or rarely subcordate, 1-2 in. long, finely serrate, usually quite or nearly entire on the lower third, glabrous above, densely white-tomentose beneath when young: racemes short, dense, upright, tomentose or nearly glabrous; fls. small; petals obovate-oblong, about ⅓ in. longj top of ovary woolly: fr. purplish black, bloomy, juicy and sweet. May. a few days later than A. laevis; fr. in July. Newfoundland and Maine to Va.


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