Rosaceae — Rose Family
Amelanchier ovalis Medik.
Amelanchier ovalis Medik.
Amelanchier ovalis is the only native European Amelanchier shrub, used for restoration and edible fruit processing.
Amelanchier utahensis Koehne
Amelanchier utahensis Koehne
Amelanchier utahensis, the Utah serviceberry, is a North American deciduous shrub with edible bland berries and drought and fire tolerance.
Aphanes arvensis L.
Aphanes arvensis L.
Aphanes arvensis L. is a small edible plant found across Europe to Iran with tiny clustered flowers.
Aphanes australis Rydb.
Aphanes australis Rydb.
Aphanes australis, or slender parsley-piert, is a small winter annual herb native to Western Europe, introduced to the Americas, Australia and New Zealand.
Argentina anserina (L.) Rydb.
Argentina anserina (L.) Rydb.
Argentina anserina (silverweed) is a low-growing perennial herb native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere with edible roots and historical uses.
Aria edulis (Willd.) M.Roem.
Aria edulis (Willd.) M.Roem.
Aria edulis (common whitebeam) is a deciduous Rosaceae tree native to Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia.
Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Pers.
Aronia arbutifolia (L.) Pers.
Aronia arbutifolia (red chokeberry) is a North American edible landscaping shrub in the rose family.
Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott
Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott
Black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) is a North American rose-family shrub, cultivated in Europe, grown for its edible autumn-ripening black berries.
Aruncus dioicus (Walter) Fernald
Aruncus dioicus (Walter) Fernald
Aruncus dioicus is a tall ornamental flowering plant with edible young shoots and documented medicinal and cytotoxic properties.
Cercocarpus betuloides Nutt.
Cercocarpus betuloides Nutt.
Cercocarpus betuloides is a rose-family shrub or small tree native to western North America, with traditional uses and ornamental cultivation.
Cercocarpus breviflorus A.Gray
Cercocarpus breviflorus A.Gray
Cercocarpus breviflorus (hairy mountain mahogany) is an evergreen woody plant native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico.
Cercocarpus intricatus S.Watson
Cercocarpus intricatus S.Watson
Cercocarpus intricatus is a small branched evergreen shrub of the US Southwest, traditionally used by the Navajo to make reddish-brown wool dye.
Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt.
Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt.
Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt. is a very long-lived flowering woody plant native to western North America.
Cercocarpus montanus Raf.
Cercocarpus montanus Raf.
Cercocarpus montanus (alder-leaf mountain-mahogany) is a long-lived North American woody plant grown as a drought-tolerant garden ornamental.
Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach
Chaenomeles japonica (Thunb.) Lindl. ex Spach
Chaenomeles japonica is a thorny shrub grown for bonsai and edible fruit sometimes used as a quince substitute.
Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai
Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai
Chaenomeles speciosa is a thorny flowering shrub native to eastern Asia, widely cultivated in temperate regions for its early showy blooms.
Chamaebatia australis (Brandegee) Abrams
Chamaebatia australis (Brandegee) Abrams
Chamaebatia australis is an uncommon aromatic evergreen shrub in the rose family native to chaparral slopes of southern California and northern Baja California.
Chamaebatia foliolosa Benth.
Chamaebatia foliolosa Benth.
Chamaebatia foliolosa is a gland-dotted endemic California shrub with white roselike flowers, historically used by the Miwok as an herbal remedy.
Chamaebatiaria millefolium (Torr.) Maxim.
Chamaebatiaria millefolium (Torr.) Maxim.
Chamaebatiaria millefolium, or fern bush or desert sweet, is the only species in the monotypic aromatic shrub genus Chamaebatiaria in the rose family, native to western North America.
Chamaemespilus alpina (Mill.) K.R.Robertson & J.B.Phipps
Chamaemespilus alpina (Mill.) K.R.Robertson & J.B.Phipps
Chamaemespilus alpina is a deciduous shrub with pink flowers and red oval pomes, native to alpine regions.
Chamaerhodos erecta (L.) Bunge
Chamaerhodos erecta (L.) Bunge
Chamaerhodos erecta is a Rosaceae plant native to Asia and North America that flowers June–August on sandy or rocky soils.
Cliffortia polygonifolia L.
Cliffortia polygonifolia L.
Oliver & Fellingham in 1993 designated a Clifford sheet as lectotype of Cliffortia polygonifolia L., but Stearn's choice predates it; Weimarck in 1934 called Hort. Cliff. illustration good and said the type specimen was gone.
Cliffortia ruscifolia L.
Cliffortia ruscifolia L.
Cliffortia ruscifolia is a widespread shrub flowering plant native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Cliffortia strobilifera L.
Cliffortia strobilifera L.
The lectotype of Cliffortia strobilifera L., as designated by Fellingham in 1994, is an illustration in Plukenet's works from 1694 and 1696, and the typotype is Herb. Sloane 99:179 (BM - SL).
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