| Habit | tree
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|---|---|---|
| Height: | ⇕ | 20 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20. to 30 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30. |
| Width: | ⇔ | 20 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20. |
| Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
| Bloom: | ❀ | early spring, mid spring, late spring |
| Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
|---|---|---|
| Features: | ✓ | flowers |
| USDA Zones: | 6 to 9 | |
| Flower features: | ❀ | white |
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Sorbus commixta (Japanese Rowan) is a species of rowan native to Japan, the far east of Russia on Sakhalin, and in Korea on the island of Ulleungdo.[1][2][3]
It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 7–10 m (rarely to 18 m) tall with a rounded crown and brownish to silvery-grey bark. The leaves are 20–30 cm long, pinnate with between 11-17 leaflets 4–7 cm long and 1–2.5 cm broad, with an acuminate apex and serrated margins; they change to a deep purple or red in autumn. The flowers are 6–10 mm diameter, with five white petals and 20 yellowish-white stamens; they are produced in corymbs 9–15 cm diameter in late spring to early summer. The fruit is a bright orange to red pome 7–8 mm diameter, maturing in autumn.[2][3][4]
Plants from Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin are sometimes distinguished as Sorbus commixta var. sachalinensis, with larger leaflets up to 9 cm long.[3]
Outside of its native range, it is grown as an ornamental tree in Europe and North America, hardy in zones 5-9. It grows best in moist, well-drained soil, in full sun. A number of cultivars have been selected, the most popular being 'Embley' (with fastigiate branching) and 'Serotina' (flowering later in early summer).[3]
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References
- ↑ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Sorbus commixta.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Okayama University of Science: Sorbus commixta (in Japanese; google translation)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
- ↑ Kanagawa Plants: Sorbus commixta (in Japanese; google translation)
External links
- w:Sorbus commixta. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Sorbus commixta QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)