Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia


1441

Shrub
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in bogs, pocosins, wet savannas, swamps, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora

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full sun partial shade ...Wet ...Moist ...Variable ...Dry

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
15-20 stamens
Flowers in compound corymbs

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red/Purplish-black
Pome

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/7/08):
Aronia arbutifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Photinia pyrifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 097-19-002a:
Sorbus arbutifolia var. arbutifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950):
Pyrus arbutifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Red Chokeberry