Sorbus aucuparia, L.

2. S. aucuparia L. View in CoL , loc. cit. (1753).

Tree up to 15(-20) m, usually with erecto-patent branches; bark smooth. Leaves pinnate, with 5-7 pairs of leaflets; leaflets 2-5-6(-9) cm, oblong, serrate. Flowers 8-10 mm in diameter, white; sepals deltate, sometimes rounded; styles 3-4. Fruit 6-9(-14) mm, subglobose, depressed-globose, or ovoid, scarlet, with few or no stone-cells. 2/z = 34. Most of Europe. All except Az Bl Cr Fa Sa Sb Tu.

1 Leaflets up to 9 cm; fruit depressed-globose (e) subsp. fenenkiana 1 Leaflets 2-5-6 cm; fruit subglobose or ovoid 2 Petiole not more than 2 cm (d) subsp. praemorsa 2 Petiole usually more than 2-5 cm 3 Sepals glabrous (c) subsp. sibirica 3 Sepals hairy 4 Inflorescence-axis ±hairy; fruit subglobose (a) subsp. aucuparia 4 Inflorescence-axis glabrous; fruit longer than wide (b) subsp. glabrata