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 arbutifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aronia arbutifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Aronia arbutifolia

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

Aronia arbutifolia

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

Photinia pyrifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-19-002a:

Sorbus arbutifolia var. arbutifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Pyrus arbutifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aronia arbutifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Red Chokeberry


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image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_arar7_001_lvd

        

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_arar7_007_lvp

        

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_arar7_008_lvd

        

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_aronia_arbutifolia_2

January        

Red, rather dry or mealy fruits, w pubescent stems, may persist into winter, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

Will Stuart    wil_8460833699_3212ba57bc

March    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm0504n_03

April    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

Flowers in compound corymbs, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm060423_026

April    Charleston County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm220412_6781

April    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_aronia_arbutifolia

April        

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm160504_386

May    Jackson County    NC

Panthertown

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm160504_387

May    Jackson County    NC

Panthertown

Petals w crinkly margins subtend stamens tipped w pinkish-red anthers, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm160504_389

May    Jackson County    NC

Panthertown

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm120628_352

June    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

Leaves densely pubescent beneath, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

Will Stuart    wil_10526835324

October    Chesterfield County    SC

Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge

Pocosin neighbors: Aronia arbutifolia (red) and Ilex coriacea (black).

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm211116_5045

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Midrib above with small, dark, stiff hairs, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm211116_5046

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Leaf margin crenate, leaf base cuneate to obtuse, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm211116_5049

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Aronia arbutifolia, Red Chokeberry

JK Marlow    jkm211116_5052

November    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

Stipules persistent, adnate to petiole, narrowly triangular, margins glandular, per Flora of North America.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aronia arbutifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-19-002a:
Sorbus arbutifolia var. arbutifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pyrus arbutifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aronia arbutifolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1441

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, pocosins, wet savannas, swamps, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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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
Red/Purplish-black
Pome

 

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