Sorbus aria
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Read about Sorbus aria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Sorbus aria, Crantz (Pyrus Aria, Ehrh. Aria nivea, Host. Hahnia Aria, Medikus). White Beam-tree. Fig. 3651. Tree, with broadly pyramidal or oval head, 25-50 ft. high: lvs. elliptic to oblong-oval, usually cuneate at the base, acute or obtuse at the apex, sharply and doubly serrate, of firm texture, bright or dark green and glabrous above, white-tomentose beneath, 2-5 in. long; petioles 1/3 – 3/4 in. long: fls. 1/2 – 3/4 in. across, in tomentose, 2-3-in.-broad corymbs: fr. sub-globose, orange-red, about 1/2 in. high. May. Cent. and S. Eu. to Himalayas and Siberia. GM. 44:291. H.W. 3:52.—Desirable tree for dry and exposed situations, and very ornamental in foliage on account of the contrasting colors of the upper and under sides of the lvs. Var. Decaisneana, Rehd. (Aria Decaisneana, Lav. Pyrus Decaisneana, Nichols. Pyrus Aria var. majestica, Prain. S. Aria var. majestica, Zabel). Lvs. elliptic or ovate, irregularly doubly serrate, 3-7 in. long: infl. 3-4 in. across: fls. 3/4 in. across; stamens longer than styles: fr. oval, 1/2 in, across. B.M. 8184. Origin unknown, probably from the Himalayas. Var. edulis, Wenzig (Pyrus edulis, Willd. S. longifolia, Hedl.). Lvs. elliptic-oblong to oblong, rounded or acute at the apex, 2-5 in. long: fr. oval, 1/2 – 3/4 in. high. There are some garden forms, as vars. aurea, chrysophylla, and lutescens, Hort., with more or less yellow foliage. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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