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Amelanchier Medik. (Rosaceae)

A genus of about twenty to forty species of shrubs and trees; north temperate.

Seven species occur in North Carolina, all are considered native to the state.

Key to Amelanchier in North Carolina

1. Margins of mature leaves with 2-6 teeth per cm; lateral leaf veins or their forks usually extending into teeth (as readily visible without magnification); ovary summit densely lanuginose; petals 11-19 mm, hypanthia saucer-shaped...A. sanguinea (Roundleaf serviceberry)

1. Margins of mature leaves with 4-6 (-10) teeth per cm; lateral leaf veins mostly becoming indistinct near margin and not entering teeth; ovary summit glabrous, sparsely pubescent, or densely lanuginose; petals of various lengths, hypanthia variously shaped...2.

2. Inflorescences erect; petals 6-12 mm...3.

3. Young leaves at flowering less than half-expanded and unfolded, green, abaxially densely tomentose; proximal
flowering pedicels 0.5-2 cm long; sepals erect or loosely spreading...A. canadensis (Eastern serviceberry)

3. Young leaves at flowering half-expanded or more and unfolding, often reddish, and sparsely pubescent or
glabrescent abaxially; proximal flowering pedicels 1-1.5 cm long; sepals ascending to recurving ...A. intermedia

2. Inflorescences drooping; petals 10-20 mm long...4.

4. Young leaves at flowering folded, green or brownish, and densely tomentose below; proximal flowering pedicels 0.8-1.7 cm long; pomes maroon-purple, insipid...A. arborea (Downy serviceberry)

4. Young leaves at flowering unfolding, reddish, and glabrous (or nearly so) below; proximal flowering pedicels 1.5-3 cm long; pomes blackish purple, sweet...A. laevis (Smooth serviceberry)