Aronia arbutifolia

(Linnaeus) Persoon

Syn. Pl. 2: 39. 1806.

Common names: Red chokeberry
Endemic
Basionym: Mespilus arbutifolia Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 478. 1753
Synonyms: Aronia glabrescens Spach A. pubens Spach A. pumila M. Roemer A. pyrifolia (Lamarck) Persoon Crataegus pyrifolia Lamarck Halmia tomentosa var. pyrifolia (Lamarck) M. Roemer Photinia pyrifolia (Lamarck) K. R. Robertson & J. B. Phipps Pyrus arbutifolia (Linnaeus) Linnaeus f. Sorbus arbutifolia (Linnaeus) Heinhold
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 446. Mentioned on page 433, 438, 440, 445.

Stems appressed-pilose. Leaves pale green abaxially, dark green and dull adaxially, coloring in autumn; blade 3–7.5 × 2–3.5 cm, apex subacute to acuminate, abaxial surface pilose, adaxial glabrous or glabrescent, midrib abaxially densely gray-hairy, adaxially glandular-hairy. Flowers sweet-scented; hypanthium villous, especially proximally; sepal margins villous proximally; anthers yellow to purplish red. Pomes red, pilose, taste acid and bitter. 2n = 34, 68.


Phenology: Flowering Feb–May; fruiting Sep–Nov.
Habitat: Swamps, wet thickets, peatland pocosins, bogs, fens, wet pine flatwoods, margins of freshwater wetlands, beaver ponds, mixed loblolly pine, Magnolia virginiana-Rhus vernix-swamps, black gum swamps
Elevation: 0–2000 m

Distribution

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N.B., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ky., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Miss., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

The presence of Aronia arbutifolia in Maine is uncertain; it has been reported from there, but no specimens are known (A. Haines, pers. comm.).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Richard J. Pankhurst† +
(Linnaeus) Persoon +
Mespilus arbutifolia +
Red chokeberry +
N.B. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Miss. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
0–2000 m +
Swamps, wet thickets, peatland pocosins, bogs, fens, wet pine flatwoods, margins of freshwater wetlands, beaver ponds, mixed loblolly pine, Magnolia virginiana-Rhus vernix-swamps, black gum swamps +
Flowering Feb–May +  and fruiting Sep–Nov. +
Aronia glabrescens +, A. pubens +, A. pumila +, A. pyrifolia +, Crataegus pyrifolia +, Halmia tomentosa var. pyrifolia +, Photinia pyrifolia +, Pyrus arbutifolia +  and Sorbus arbutifolia +
Aronia arbutifolia +
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