Peraphyllum
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Peraphyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the rose family, containing the single species Peraphyllum ramosissimum, commonly known as wild crab apple.
Description
Peraphyllum ramosissimum is a shrub which may reach Template:Convert in height.[1] Growing up to Template:Convert long,[1] the leaves are simple; they can grow very close together on short shoots but are well separated on longer shoots.[2]
Like most other flowering plants of the Rosaceae, P. ramosissimum has 5 petals and 5 sepals with radial symmetry. The flowers have about 15–20 free stamens, and the petals are white to rose in color. The fruit is a yellowish to purplish pome about Template:Convert wide.[1]
Taxonomy
Translated from the Greek, the genus Peraphyllum means "very leafy" and the species name ramosissimum means "many branches". Peraphyllum is most closely related to Amelanchier, Malacomeles, Crataegus, and Mespilus.[3]
Distribution and habitat
Peraphyllum ramosissimum grows in Washington, California, Oregon,[1] Idaho, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, usually in pine and juniper woodlands.[1] In California it can be found in the High Cascades, High Sierra Nevada, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert sky islands.
Uses
The ripe pome is edible and sweetish but has a bitter aftertaste.[1]
References
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment: Peraphyllum ramosissimum
- USDA PLANTS entry for Peraphyllum ramosissimum (wild crab apple)
- Peraphyllum ramosissimum — U.C. Photo gallery
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- ↑ Janene Auger and Justin G. Smith, Peraphyllum ramosissimum Nutt., squaw-apple in Woody Plant Seed Manual Interim Web Site Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Campbell, C.S.; Evans, R.C.; Morgan, D.R.; Dickinson, T.A.; Arsenault, M.P. (2007). Phylogeny of subtribe Pyrinae (formerly the Maloideae, Rosaceae): Limited resolution of a complex evolutionary history. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 266(1–2): 119–145.