Aronia melanocarpa

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Read about Aronia melanocarpa in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Aronia melanocarpa, Spach (Sorbus melanocarpa, Heynh. Pyrus nigra, Sarg. A. nigra, Kochne. Pyrus arbutifolia var. nigra, Willd.). Black Chokeberry. Low shrub, rarely to 6 ft.: Lvs. oval to obovate, abruptly acuminate or obtuse, pale green and glabrous or nearly so beneath: calyx and pedicels glabrous or nearly so: fr. globose, about ⅓ in. across, shining black. Nova Scotia to Ont., south to Fla. and Mich. April-June. Var. grandifolia, Schneid. (Pyrus grandifolia, Lindl.). A taller, more vigorous shrub with larger, obovate or broadly obovate lustrous Lvs. and larger fls. in larger corymbs. Var. elata, Hehd. Similar to the preceding, but Lvs. narrower, generally oblong-obovate, acute. Var. subpubescens, Schneid. Lvs. pubescent beneath when young.


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