Aria edulis
Aria edulis
Synonyms: Aria nivea var. longifolia, Pyrus carpatica, Aria tomentosa, Pyrus aria rotundifolia, Sorbus edulis, Sorbus aria f. obtusa, Hahnia aria vestita, Sorbus aria f. acutifolia, Sorbus incisa, Sorbus aria f. angustifolia, Sorbus aria var. cyclophylla, Sorbus tomentosa, Sorbus aria subsp. longifolia, Pyrus aria var. edulis, Sorbus aria var. carpinifolia, Sorbus arioides, Hahnia aria var. angustifolia, Sorbus aria f. rotundata, Aria nivea edulis, Sorbus aria var. microphylla, Sorbus aria var. lanifera, Malus aria, Aria nivea, Sorbus aria var. ellipticifolia, Aria nivea var. angustifolia, Sorbus arvernensis, Sorbus aria f. incisa, Pyrus aria rosea, Aria nivea longifolia, Sorbus aria f. pendula, Pyrus aria subvar. angustifolia, Pyrus aria var. rugosa, Pyrus aria var. acutifolia, Pyrus aria var. silvestrii, Sorbus austriaca subsp. serpentini, Sorbus aria var. acutifolia, Aria nivea var. incisa, Sorbus aria var. angustifolia, Sorbus aria var. cinerea, Sorbus aria f. macrocarpa, Sorbus aria f. longifolia, Pyrus aria elliptica, Sorbus aria var. incisa, Sorbus aria grandifolia, Aria nivea f. cyclophylla, Pyrus aria var. undulata, Sorbus aria f. matrensis, Sorbus aria var. sphaerica, Sorbus sphaerocarpa, Sorbus globulifera, Crataegus pallida, Sorbus aria var. pseudomougeotii, Sorbus aria var. obtusata, Hahnia aria f. aurea, Sorbus aria var. glabra, Pyrus aria, Aria nivea var. lanata, Aria nivea var. acutifolia, Pyrus aria var. lutescens, Sorbus aria f. aurea, Hahnia aria glabrata, Sorbus aria var. edulis, Sorbus aria var. lachnophylla, Hahnia aria microphylla, Sorbus aria var. kamaonensis, Sorbus reverchonii, Sorbus aria subsp. lanifera, Sorbus huljakii, Aria nivea var. latifolia, Sorbus aria var. tomentosa, Sorbus aria f. parvula, Sorbus scandica subsp. arioides, Aria nivea var. undulata, Mespilus aria, Sorbus aria subsp. carpinifolia, Pyrus aria var. sulphurea, Sorbus aria var. amplifolia, Aria nivea var. bullata, Azarolus aria, Sorbus aria f. carpinifolia, Sorbus aria f. lutescens, Pyrus aria subvar. bellojocensis, Sorbus aria var. longifolia, Sorbus aria, Aria nivea acutifolia, × Aroniaria alpina, Sorbus aria f. pseudocretica, Sorbus aria var. carpatica, Hahnia aria carpinifolia, Pyrus edulis, Sorbus longifolia, Sorbus aria var. detrusa, Aria nivea var. glabrata, Aria majestica, Chamaemespilus aria, Hahnia aria, Sorbus aria subsp. cyclophylla, Sorbus aria var. aurea, Sorbus aria obtusata, Sorbus aria subsp. tomentosa, Sorbus aria var. ovoidea, Sorbus oblonga, Sorbus chamaemespilus var. arioides, Pyrus aria var. rosea, Lazarolus aria, Aria nivea latifolia, Sorbus aria var. canescens, Sorbus aria var. alnoides, Pyrenia aria, Sorbus aria f. cyclophylla, Pyrus aria var. bullata, Aria aria, Sorbus aria var. lutescens, Sorbus pallidifolia, Sorbus aria glabrata, Aria alpina, Sorbus aria f. chrysophylla, Sorbus bellojocensis, Sorbus aria f. magnifica, Crataegus aria, Aria nivea var. elliptica, Pyrus aria var. incisa, × Sorbaronia alpina, Aronia alpina, Sorbus aria subsp. euaria, Aria vulgaris, Hahnia aria var. edulis, Sorbus aria f. bullata, Sorbus aria var. denticulata, Sorbus aria var. arioides, Sorbus controversa, Aria nivea var. rugosa, Sorbus alpina, Sorbus ararica, Sorbus budaiana, Pyrus aria var. angustifolia, Pyrus aria subvar. parvula, Sorbus turbinata, Sorbus aria subsp. incisa
Botanical Description
Aria edulis (the common whitebeam, synonymous with Sorbus aria) is a small to medium deciduous tree of the family Rosaceae, typically 8 to 15 m tall, with a rounded crown. Its most striking feature is the foliage: the simple, oval, sharply toothed leaves are dark green above but densely clothed beneath in white felted hairs, so the whole canopy flashes silver in the wind. In late spring it bears flat-topped clusters of small white five-petalled flowers, followed in autumn by clusters of rounded scarlet to orange-red berries. Native to Europe, the whitebeam favours dry, well-drained, especially calcareous soils, growing on chalk and limestone hills, cliffs, scrub and open woodland, and is also widely planted as a street and ornamental tree. The mealy ripe fruits, sometimes called chess-apples, have been eaten when bletted.
Cultural & Historical Context
Traditional American Uses
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