Rowan
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The rowans or mountain-ashes are shrubs or trees in the genus Sorbus of the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native throughout the cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest sp
Rowanberries in late August 2004 in Helsinki
White-fruited rowan Sorbus glabrescens, a Chinese species with white fruit
Mature European rowan tree
Rowan flowers
Sorbus aucuparia
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Sorbus aucuparia, commonly called rowan and mountain-ash, is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the rose family.
Rowan
…Himalaya, southern Tibet and parts of western China, where numerous apomictic microspecies occur. The name rowan was originally applied to the species Sorbus aucuparia and is also used for other species in the genus Sorbus. Natural hybrids, often including S. aucuparia and the whitebeam, Aria edulis (syn. Sorbus aria…
Saplings showing the typical leaf form
Inflorescence
Specimen in the Vercors range holding its fruit through late autumn