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 tree 20081002b
Saplings showing the typical leaf form
Inflorescence
Specimen in the Vercors range holding its fruit through late autumn
Pome
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In botany, a pome is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae. Pomes consist of a central 'core' containing multiple small seeds, which is enveloped
Sorbus aucuparia
…leaflets on a central vein with a terminal leaflet. It flowers from May to June in dense corymbs of small creamy-white flowers and develops small red pomes as fruit that ripen from August to October and are eaten by many bird species. It is a highly variable species, and botanists have used different…
Pomes of common medlar, Mespilus germanica