Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aronia prunifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Purple Chokeberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Photinia floribunda
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-19-002b:
Sorbus arbutifolia var. atropurpurea
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pyrus floribunda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aronia atropurpurea
COMMON NAME:
Purple Chokeberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_arat6_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_phfl9_001_pvd
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JK Marlow jkm0304s_27
April Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Petals white, anthers pinkish-red.
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April Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Lower surface of leaves sparsely pubescent, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0506c_18
June Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Fruit purplish and juicy when fully ripe, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Aronia prunifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Photinia floribunda
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-19-002b:
Sorbus arbutifolia var. atropurpurea
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pyrus floribunda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aronia atropurpurea
2126
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Uncommon (rare in SC)
Look for it on balds, bogs, seepages, swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
15-20 stamens
Ovary semi-inferior
Flowers in compound corymbs
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish-purple
Pome
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