Family |
Rosaceae
Sorbus torminalis
(L.) Crantz
Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz
≡ Crataegus torminalis L.
≡ syn. Torminalis glaberrima (Gand.) Sennikov & Kurtto
(Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 2: 45; 1763. — Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 208; 1969, as Sorbus torminalis)
• Life-form & habit: Tree or large shrub, 3–10 m. Young branches pubescent.
• Leaves: 5–10 cm long, often as wide as long; simple, deeply divided into 5–9 lobes, lobes sharply double-toothed; slightly pubescent on both surfaces when young, later glabrous above, paler and faintly puberulent beneath.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Compound corymbs; peduncles, pedicels, and calyces tomentose. Petals white, suborbicular.
• Fruit: Ovoid pomes, 1–2 cm, crowned by persistent calyx lobes.
• Phenology: Flowers in May–June.
• Habitat & elevation: Woodlands and rocky slopes, usually in montane situations.
• Lebanese distribution: Mt Lebanon — Bikfaya (historical, destroyed), Broummana, Choueir, Ghazir, Tartij, Hasroun, Afqa, Hadeth, Cedars of Bsharré, Ehden, Forest of Ehden.
• Native range: Widespread in Europe and Western Asia. According to POWO: Native to Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Caucasus, Lebanon–Syria, Palestine, Iran