Amelanchier ovalis

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Amelanchier rotundifolia, Dum.-Cours., not Roem. (A. Amelanchier, Sarg. A. vulgaris, Moench. A. ovalis, Medikus, not Borkh.). Service-berry. Upright or spreading, rather stiff-branched shrub, 2-8 ft.: young branchlets tomentose: Lvs. oval to obovate, serrate from near the base, subcordate at the base, usually rounded at the apex, 1-2 in. long, woolly beneath when young: racemes many-fld. ; petals linear-oblanceolate, obtuse or emarginate: fr. bluish black, bloomy. May; fr. in Aug., Sept. Cent, and S. Eu. B.M. 2430. H.W. 3, p. 87. G.C. II. 9:793. M.D.G. 1900:497 (habit). J.H. 111.54:395. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.