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Shrub
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon

Look for it in dry, acidic, rocky or sandy sites, per Weakley's Flora

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...Dry

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White (rarely pinkish)
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
15-20 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Red
Pome

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
 Amelanchier spicata   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Amelanchier stolonifera   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 097-21-005:
 Amelanchier spicata   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2010)
 Amelanchier spicata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
 Amelanchier stolonifera

 

COMMON NAME:
 Running Serviceberry, Dwarf Serviceberry

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image of Amelanchier spicata, Running Serviceberry, Dwarf Serviceberry

Ron Lance    rwl70_a

June        

Leaves oval to suborbicular. Fruit a berrylike pome, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.