Amelanchier utahensis |
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pale leaf serviceberry, pale serviceberry, Utah service-berry, Utah serviceberry or shadbush |
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Habit | Shrubs, 0.5–5 m. Stems 1–100, often colonial, much branched. |
Leaves | mostly or fully unfolded; petiole (3–)6–13(–22) mm; blade suborbiculate to oval or obovate, (14–)21–36(–63) × (9–)16–32(–54) mm, base usually rounded to subcordate, sometimes cuneate, each margin with 0–3(–6) teeth on proximal 1/2 and (0–)3–5(–7) teeth in distalmost cm, largest teeth more than 1 mm, apex usually rounded to truncate or emarginate, sometimes acute and mucronate, abaxial surface moderately (sparsely or densely) hairy by flowering, sparsely to moderately hairy later, adaxial glabrous or sparsely (moderately) hairy later. |
Inflorescences | (4–)6–10(–13)-flowered, (8–)16–30(–43) mm. |
Pedicels | (0 or)1 or 2(or 3) subtended by a leaf, proximalmost (2–)7–16(–25) mm. |
Flowers | sepals usually recurved after flowering, (1.6–)2.6–4.2(–6.5) mm; petals oblanceolate to oblong, (4.9–)7.2–9.8(–14) × (1.6–)2.6–3.1(–5.3) mm; stamens (9–)13–19(–20); styles (2 or)3 or 4, (1.7–)2.3–3(–3.9) mm; ovary apex moderately to densely hairy (or glabrous). |
Pomes | purplish black, 6–10 mm diam. 2n = 4x. |
Amelanchier utahensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Jul–Sep. |
Habitat | Dry rocky slopes, canyons, stream banks, mountainsides, foothills, deserts |
Elevation | 900–3500 m (3000–11500 ft) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; TX; UT; WA; WY; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | The sparsely to moderately hairy mature leaves and twigs, rounded to truncate or emarginate leaf apices, relatively short petals, and reduced numbers of stamens and styles are distinctive characteristics for the wide-ranging and common Amelanchier utahensis. Within 25 years of its publication, about a dozen names were published that G. N. Jones (1946) considered synonyms of A. utahensis. Some recent floras have recognized some of these synonymized taxa, including A. bakeri Greene, A. covillei, A. mormonica C. K. Schneider, A. oreophila A. Nelson, and A. venulosa Greene. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 650. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Amelanchier |
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Synonyms | A. covillei, A. glabra, A. gracilis, A. prunifolia, A. utahensis subsp. covillei, A. utahensis var. covillei |
Name authority | Koehne: Gatt. Pomac., 25, plate 2, fig. 20e. (1890) |
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