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 diameter, 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 diameter, glabrous when old, with many rusty small lenticels. |
Photographs
Sorbus meliosmifolia, form, Trebah Garden Trust, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Sorbus meliosmifolia, leaf, Trebah Garden Trust, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Sorbus meliosmifolia, flower, Trebah Garden Trust, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Sorbus meliosmifolia, flower, Trebah Garden Trust, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
Sorbus meliosmifolia, flower, Trebah Garden Trust, Mawnan Smith, Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.