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Peraphyllum ramosissimum

Oregon apple, squaw apple, wild crab apple
Leaves

crowded toward tips of short shoots;

stipules minute;

blade 4–12 mm wide.
Pedicels

1–2 cm.
Flowers

sepals 2.5–5 mm, adaxially pubescent;

petals 4–8 mm.
2n

= 34.

Peraphyllum ramosissimum
Phenology Flowering spring; fruiting summer.
Habitat Dry hillsides, mostly in full sun, pinyon pine-juniper, ponderosa pine, oak-sagebrush, and other communities
Elevation 500–3000 m (1600–9800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; CO; ID; NM; NV; OR; UT
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Discussion

Peraphyllum ramosissimum is distinctive for its narrow leaves, small flowers, and yellow-orange pomes.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 9, p. 662.
Parent taxa Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Peraphyllum
Name authority Nuttall: in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 474. (1840)
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