Common Name: ROSE FAMILY Habit: Annual to tree, glandular or not. Leaf: simple to palmately or pinnately compound, generally alternate; stipules free to fused (0), persistent to deciduous. Inflorescence: cyme, raceme, panicle, cluster, or flowers 1; bractlets on pedicel ("pedicel bractlets") generally 0--3(many), subtended by bract or generally not. Flower: generally bisexual, radial; hypanthium free or fused to ovary, saucer- to funnel-shaped, subtending bractlets ("hypanthium bractlets") 0--5, alternate sepals; sepals generally 5; petals generally 5, free; stamens (0,1)5--many, anther pollen sacs generally 2; pistils (0)1--many, simple or compound, ovary superior to inferior, styles 1--5. Fruit: 1--many per flower, achene (fleshy-coated or not), follicle, drupe, or pome with generally papery core, occasionally drupe-like with 1--5 stones. Seed: generally 1--5 (per fruit, not per flower). Genera In Family: 110 genera, +- 3000 species: worldwide, especially temperate; many cultivated for ornament, fruit, especially Cotoneaster, Fragaria, Malus, Prunus, Pyracantha, Rosa, Rubus. Note: Number of teeth is per leaf or leaflet, not per side of leaf or leaflet, except in Drymocallis. eFlora Treatment Author: Daniel Potter & Barbara Ertter, family description, key to genera, treatment of genera by Daniel Potter, except as noted Scientific Editor: Daniel Potter, Thomas J. Rosatti.
Common Name: SERVICE-BERRY Habit: Shrub, small tree. Stem: bark gray- to red-brown; overwintering buds ovate to lanceolate, +- red to +- purple. Leaf: simple, deciduous; stipules deciduous. Inflorescence: raceme, cluster (panicle), flowers 3--16+; pedicel bractlets generally 1--2. Flower: hypanthium bell- to urn-shaped, bractlets 0; sepals persistent; petals erect to spreading, white (suffused with red); stamens +- 10--20; ovary inferior, 2--5-chambered, styles 2--5. Fruit: pome of 2--5 papery segments, berry-like, generally spheric, generally blue-black. Etymology: (Latin: from old French common name) Note: Fruit of some species used by Native Americans for food. Unabridged Note: Variation in Amelanchier in western North America not studied as extensively as in eastern North America, where hybridization, polyploidy, and apomixis have contributed to considerable taxonomic complexity (Campbell & Wright 1996 Folia Geobot Phytotax 31:345--354; http://biology.umaine.edu/Amelanchier). eFlora Treatment Author: Christopher S. Campbell Unabridged Reference: Jones 1946 Illinois Biol Monogr 20:1--126
Amelanchier utahensis Koehne
NATIVE Habit: Plant 0.5--5 m. Stem: twigs glabrous (n DMtns) to generally white-hairy. Leaf: blade 13--45 mm, 10--45 mm wide, generally serrate above middle, abaxially hairy in flower, finely hairy in fruit. Inflorescence: 2--3 cm; flowers 3--6. Flower: petals 6--11 mm; ovary top hairy; styles 2--4(5). Fruit: 6--10 mm diam. Ecology: Open, rocky slopes, canyons, banks of creeks, deserts, conifer forest; Elevation: 200--3400 m. Bioregional Distribution: NW, CaR, SN, CW, SW, MP, SNE, DMtns; Distribution Outside California: to Oregon, Montana, Texas, Baja California. Flowering Time: Apr--Jun Note: Variable; possibly warranting taxonomic status are Amelanchier utahensis var. covillei (Standl.) N.H. Holmgren (northern DMtns; generally < 2 m; twigs, leaves glabrous), Amelanchier pallida Greene (petals > 9 mm, leaves with 7--9 pairs of lateral veins); study needed. Jepson eFlora Author: Christopher S. Campbell Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia Next taxon: Aphanes
Botanical illustration including Amelanchier utahensis
Citation for this treatment: Christopher S. Campbell 2012, Amelanchier utahensis, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=13008, accessed on April 16, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 16, 2024.
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