Amelanchier ovalis, Medicus

1. A. ovalis Medicus View in CoL , Gesch. Bot. 79 (1793)

( A. vulgaris Moench , A. rotundifolia Dum.-Courset ).

Erect or spreading shrub up to 3 m; bark blackish; young twigs lanate. Leaves 2-5-5 cm, ovate to obovate, rounded or emarginate and mucronate at apex, rather coarsely serrate, lanate beneath when young. Racemes 3- to 8-flowered, erect, lanate. Sepals at first lanate, soon glabrous; petals 10-13 mm; styles 5, free. Fruit bluishblack; pedicels 5-10 mm. Rocky places and open woods, mainly on limestone and in mountain areas. S. & C. Europe northwards to Luxembourg and S. Poland. Al Au Be BI Bu Co Cr Cz Ga Ge G r He Hs Hu It Ju Lu Po Rm Rs (K) Sa Si Tu.

The plant from Kriti and S. Greece, usually a smaller shrub with more persistent tomentum on young twigs, leaves, pedicels and calyces, is regarded by some authors as a distinct variety, var. eretica (Willd.) Fiori ( A. eretica (Willd.) DC. ) and may deserve higher status.