Red-twigged or Roundleaf Seviceberry
Red-twigged or Roundleaf Seviceberry
Amelanchier sanguinea
Rose Family - Rosaceae
A perennial low shrub with new branches reddish-brown, but older stems smooth and gray. White 5-petalled flowers, with each separated petal longer than wide, in pendant groups. Leaves alternate with a rounded tip and coarse teeth ending before the rounded to heart-shaped base.
Photographed at Eagle Lake, May 12, 2006
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