Rock Whitebeam | Plant Information

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Order:

Rosales

Family:

Rosaceae (Rose)

Also in this family:

Alpine Lady's-mantle, Barren Strawberry, Bearberry Cotoneaster, Bird Cherry, Blackthorn, Bramble, Bullate Cotoneaster, Burnet Rose, Cherry Laurel, Common Agrimony, Common Hawthorn, Common Lady's-mantle, Common Whitebeam, Crab Apple, Creeping Chinese Bramble, Creeping Cinquefoil, Cultivated Apple, Cultivated Pear, Damson, Dewberry, Dog Rose, Dropwort, Entire-leaved Cotoneaster, Firethorn, Fragrant Agrimony, Franchet's Cotoneaster, Garden Lady's-mantle, Goatsbeard Spiraea, Great Burnet, Greengage Plum, Hairless Lady's-mantle, Hollyberry Cotoneaster, Japanese Quince, Japanese Rose, Jew's Mallow, Late Cotoneaster, Marsh Cinquefoil, Meadowsweet, Midland Hawthorn, Mountain Ash, Pale Lady's-mantle, Parsley Piert, Portuguese Laurel, Purple-flowered Raspberry, Raspberry, Salad Burnet, Shrubby Cinquefoil, Silverweed, Southern Downy Rose, Spring Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Swedish Whitebeam, Tormentil, Wall Cotoneaster, Water Avens, Waterer's Cotoneaster, Wild Cherry, Wild Plum, Wild Strawberry, Willow-leaved Bridewort, Wood Avens

Type:

Deciduous tree

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Maximum Size:

10 metres tall

Habitats:

Cliffs, grassland, mountains, rocks, scrub, woodland.

Flower:

White, 5 petals

Each flower is up to 16mm in diameter. Similar-looking flowers to Rowan (a.k.a. the Mountain Ash tree).

Fruit:

Red berries which are broader than long, each measuring up to 15mm across. The berries appear between September and November in the UK.

Leaves:

Simple, oval, green leaves, up to 15cm long. The upper half of the leaves have acute, evenly toothed margins. Leaf undersides are white. The leaves are roughly twice as long as wide and are widest towards their tips. Each leaf has between 6 and 11 veins.

Other Names:

Grey Whitebeam.

Frequency (UK):

Rarely seen