Sorbus commixta

{{Short description|Species of tree}} {{Speciesbox | image = Sorbus amabilis - Mount Sanqing 2015.09.08 10-01-34.jpg | image_caption = On Mount Sanqing, China | taxon = Sorbus commixta | authority = Hedl. | synonyms = {{hidden begin|title = List}} * ''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 {{hidden end}} }}

'''''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).<ref name=grin>{{GRIN | accessdate = 2 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=ous>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])</ref><ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins {{ISBN|0-00-220013-9}}.</ref>

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

==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.<ref name=ous/><ref name=rushforth/><ref name=kp>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])</ref>

Plants from Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin are sometimes distinguished as ''Sorbus commixta'''' var. ''''sachalinensis'', with larger leaflets up to 9 cm long.<ref name=rushforth/>

==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).<ref name=rushforth/> 'Embley' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

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commixta Category:Trees of China Category:Flora of Japan Category:Trees of Korea