Sorbus commixta

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| image = Sorbus amabilis - Mount Sanqing 2015.09.08 10-01-34.jpg

| image_caption = On Mount Sanqing, China

| taxon = Sorbus commixta

| authority = Hedl.

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Pyrus commixta (Hedl.) Asch. & Graebn.
Pyrus americana var. micrantha K.Koch
Pyrus americana var. micrantha Miq.
Pyrus americana var. rufoferruginea Shirai
Pyrus americana var. rufoferruginea (Shirai ex C.K.Schneid.) Koidz.
Pyrus aucuparia var. japonica Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav.
Pyrus commixta f. angustissima (C.K.Schneid.) Cardot
Pyrus commixta f. microphylla Cardot
Pyrus cunonioides M.F.Fay & Christenh.
Pyrus horti-edeni M.F.Fay & Christenh.
Pyrus micrantha var. macrophylla Cardot
Pyrus reflexipetala (Koehne) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
Pyrus rufoferruginea (Shirai ex C.K.Schneid.) Cardot
Pyrus wilfordii (Koehne) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
Sorbus amabilis Cheng ex T.T.Yu & K.C.Kuan
Sorbus amabilis var. wuyishanensis Z.X.Yu
Sorbus americana var. japonica (Maxim.) Kitam.
Sorbus americana subsp. japonica (Maxim.) Kitam.
Sorbus americana var. rufoferruginea (Shirai ex C.K.Schneid.) Kitam.
Sorbus amurensis var. lanata Nakai
Sorbus amurensis f. latifoliolata (Nakai) W.Lee
Sorbus amurensis var. latifoliolata Nakai
Sorbus amurensis var. rufa Nakai
Sorbus amurensis f. rufa (Nakai) M.Kim
Sorbus aucuparia var. japonica Maxim.
Sorbus chionophylla Nakai
Sorbus commixta f. angustissima C.K.Schneid.
Sorbus commixta var. pilosa Nakai
Sorbus commixta f. pilosa (Nakai) Nakai
Sorbus commixta var. rufoferruginea Shirai ex C.K.Schneid.
Sorbus commixta var. sachalinensis Koidz.
Sorbus commixta var. takasui Kudô
Sorbus commixta var. typica C.K.Schneid.
Sorbus heterodonta Koehne
Sorbus japonica (Maxim.) Koehne
Sorbus japonica var. rufoferruginea (Shirai ex C.K.Schneid.) Koidz.
Sorbus macrophylla (Cardot) Koidz.
Sorbus pohuashanensis f. latifoliolata (Nakai) M.Kim
Sorbus pruinosa Koehne
Sorbus reflexipetala Koehne
Sorbus rufoferruginea (Shirai ex C.K.Schneid.) C.K.Schneid.
Sorbus serotina Koehne
Sorbus wilfordii Koehne
Sorbus yesoensis Nakai

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Sorbus commixta, the Japanese rowan, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to central and eastern China, Korea, Japan, and Sakhalin (in the Russian Far East).{{GRIN | accessdate = 2 January 2018}}Okayama University of Science: [http://had0.big.ous.ac.jp/plantsdic/angiospermae/dicotyledoneae/choripetalae/rosaceae/nanakamado/nanakamado.htm Sorbus commixta] (in Japanese; [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://had0.big.ous.ac.jp/plantsdic/angiospermae/dicotyledoneae/choripetalae/rosaceae/nanakamado/nanakamado.htm&sa=X&oi=translate& google translation])Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. Collins {{ISBN|0-00-220013-9}}.

Name

The specific epithet commixta means "mixed or mingled together".{{cite book|last=Harrison|first=Lorraine|title=RHS Latin for gardeners|year=2012|publisher=Mitchell Beazley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=9781845337315|pages=224}}

Description

It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree growing to {{convert|7|-|10|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall, rarely {{convert|18|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}, growing in mixed forests and on mountain slopes. It has a rounded crown and brownish to silvery-grey bark. The leaves are {{convert|20|-|30|cm|0|abbr=on}} long, and pinnate. The leaves consist of 11–17 leaflets, each {{convert|4|-|7|cm|0|abbr=on}} long and 1–2.5 cm broad, with an acuminate apex and serrated margins; they change to a deep purple or red in autumn. The flowers are 6–10 mm in diameter, with five white petals and 20 yellowish-white stamens; they are produced in corymbs {{convert|9|-|15|cm|0|abbr=on}} in diameter in late spring to early summer. The fruit is a bright orange to red pome 7–8 mm in diameter, maturing in autumn.Kanagawa Plants: [http://www.geocities.jp/greensv88/jumoku-zz-nanakamado.htm Sorbus commixta] (in Japanese; [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.geocities.jp/greensv88/jumoku-zz-nanakamado.htm&sa=X&oi=translate& google translation])

Plants from Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin are sometimes distinguished as Sorbus commixta' var. 'sachalinensis, with larger leaflets up to 9 cm long.

Cultivation and uses

Sorbus commixta is grown as an ornamental tree, hardy in zones 5-9. It grows best in moist, well-drained soil, in full sun. A number of cultivars have been selected, the most popular being 'Embley' (with fastigiate branching) and 'Serotina' (flowering later in early summer). 'Embley' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - Sorbus commixta 'Embley'|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/67651/Sorbus-commixta-Embley/Details | access-date = 5 March 2021}}{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 98 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society

| accessdate = 13 November 2018}}

References

commixta

Category:Trees of China

Category:Flora of Japan

Category:Trees of Korea