Sorbus glomerulata
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
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'Sorbus glomerulata' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Synonyms
- Pyrus glomerulata (Koehne) Bean
Other taxa in genus
- Sorbus americana
- Sorbus amoena
- Sorbus arachnoidea
- Sorbus aucuparia
- Sorbus carmesina
- Sorbus cashmiriana
- Sorbus commixta
- Sorbus coxii
- Sorbus decora
- Sorbus discolor
- Sorbus ellipsoidalis
- Sorbus esserteauiana
- Sorbus fansipanensis
- Sorbus foliolosa
- Sorbus forrestii
- Sorbus glabriuscula
- Sorbus gracilis
- Sorbus helenae
- Sorbus hupehensis
- Sorbus hypoglauca
- Sorbus insignis
- Sorbus 'Joseph Rock'
- Sorbus khumbuensis
- Sorbus koehneana
- Sorbus kongboensis
- Sorbus kurzii
- Sorbus lingshiensis
- Sorbus matsumurana
- Sorbus microphylla
- Sorbus muliensis
- Sorbus olivacea
- Sorbus parvifructa
- Sorbus pohuashanensis
- Sorbus poteriifolia
- Sorbus prattii
- Sorbus pseudohupehensis
- Sorbus pseudovilmorinii
- Sorbus randaiensis
- Sorbus reducta
- Sorbus rinzenii
- Sorbus rubescens
- Sorbus rufopilosa
- Sorbus rushforthii
- Sorbus sambucifolia
- Sorbus sargentiana
- Sorbus scalaris
- Sorbus sitchensis
- Sorbus tianschanica
- Sorbus ursina
- Sorbus vilmorinii
- Sorbus wallichii
- Sorbus wilsoniana
A deciduous shrub or small tree, with glabrous young shoots and winter-buds. Leaves pinnate, 21⁄2 to 6 in. long, with ten to fourteen pairs of leaflets which are attached to the grooved, slightly winged, glabrous common stalk at intervals of 1⁄6 to 1⁄2 in. Leaflets mostly oblong, sometimes ovate or narrowly oval, toothed towards the apex, pointed, 1⁄4 to 11⁄8 in. long, 1⁄8 to 1⁄3 in. wide, glabrous or with a little down on the midrib beneath. Corymbs 2 to 3 in. long and wide, with glabrous stalks, the white flowers, each about 1⁄3 in. wide, crowded at the top in a rounded cluster. Receptacle and styles glabrous. Fruit pearly white, 1⁄4 to 3⁄8 in. wide, globose.
S. glomerulata was described from specimens collected by Wilson near Changyang Hsien in Hupeh in 1907, but he had sent seed earlier to Messrs Veitch from the same locality. It is most likely to be confused with S. koehneana, which differs in its slightly downy inflorescence, more strongly toothed leaflets, often hairy buds, and in the style being downy at the base. It was praised in previous editions for its pretty foliage and pearl-like fruits, but is apparently no longer in cultivation.
