OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aronia prunifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aronia ×prunifolia [arbutifolia × melanocarpa]   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Aronia prunifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Aronia ×floribunda

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Photinia prunifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Photinia floribunda

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)

Aronia melanocarpa

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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image of Aronia prunifolia, Purple Chokeberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_arat6_001_lvd

        

image of Aronia prunifolia, Purple Chokeberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_phfl9_001_pvd

        

image of Aronia prunifolia, Purple Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm0304s_27

April    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Petals white, anthers pinkish-red.

image of Aronia prunifolia, Purple Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm0304s_29

April    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Lower surface of leaves sparsely pubescent, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Aronia prunifolia, Purple Chokeberry

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 (Lance, 2004).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aronia prunifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aronia ×prunifolia [arbutifolia × melanocarpa]   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Aronia prunifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Aronia ×floribunda

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Photinia prunifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Photinia floribunda

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Aronia melanocarpa

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

 

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2126

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Balds, bogs, seepages, swamp forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Uncommon (rare in SC)

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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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