Sorbus rupicola, (Syme) Hedl.

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7. S. rupicola (Syme) Hedl. , Nyt Mag. Naturvid. (Christiania) 52: 256 (1914)

(5. salicifolia (Hartman) Hedl. ).

Shrub c. 2 m, rarely a small tree. Leaves (6-)8-14-5 cm, c. l |- 2 times as long as wide, obovate or oblanceolate, widest above the middle, usually cuneate and entire at the base, with 7-9 pairs of veins, not lobed, rather thickly white-tomentose beneath, coarsely and unequally serrate, the teeth somewhat curved on the outer margin and directed towards the leaf-apex. Petals c. 7 mm. Fruit 12-15 mm, subglobose, wider than long, carmine, with numerous scattered lenticels. 2« = 68. Apomictic. • Britain and Ireland; Norway, S. Sweden and Estonia (Saaremaa). Br Hb No Rs (B) Su. Related species include:

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vexans E. F. Warburg, Watsonia 4: 46 (1957). Br.