Sorbus meliosmifolia (Mountain Ash)
Botanical Information
Family | Rosaceae |
Genus | Sorbus |
Species | meliosmifolia |
Synonyms | Aria meliosmifolia, Micromeles meliosmifolia, Pyrus meliosmifolia |
Category | Woody |
Type | Tree (deciduous) |
Origin | Native to West China. |
Details
USDA Hardiness Zone | 6 |
USDA Hardiness Ref. | |
Canadian Hardiness Zone | 7 |
Canada Hardiness Ref. | |
RHS Hardiness Zone | H7 |
RHS Hardiness Ref. | |
Temperature (°C) | to -23°C |
Height | 8 - 10 m |
Description and Growing Information
Cultivation | Grow in a sunny to half-shady situation on moist soil. |
Notable Specimens | Trebah Garden Trust, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
Habitat | Mountain valleys, and forests at 1400-2800 m. in north east Guangxi, western Sichuan, and north west Yunnan, China. |
Bark/Stem Description | Trees to 10 m tall. Branchlets reddish brown or purplish brown when young, blackish brown when old. |
Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Ovoid or narrowly ovoid, 6–8 mm, apex acute; scales several, reddish brown, glabrous. |
Leaf Description | Simple; petiole 5–8 mm, glabrous or slightly puberulous; leaf blade greyish green abaxially, light green adaxially, narrowly elliptic-ovate to elliptic-obovate. |
Flower Description | To 1 cm in diamete, hypanthium campanulate, yellow pubescent, sepals triangular-ovate, 2–4 mm, with an apex acute. |
Fruit Description | Brown, subglobose or ovoid, 1–1.4 cm in diamter, glabrous when old, with many rusty small lenticels. |