''Hedlundia austriaca'' or Austrian whitebeam is a species of
whitebeam
The whitebeams are members of the family Rosaceae, tribe Malinae, comprising a number of deciduous simple or lobe-leaved species formerly lumped together within ''Sorbus'' s.l. Many whitebeams are the result of extensive intergeneric hybridisa ...
. Its berries, which are a
pome
In botany, a pome is a type of fruit produced by flowering plants in the subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae. Pome fruits consist of a central "core" containing multiple small seeds, which is enveloped by a tough membrane and surrounded by a ...
fruit, are inedible to humans but attract birds. It is also grown as an ornamental plant.
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Sorbus austriaca info'
austriaca
Plants described in 1901
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