Photinia pyrifolia = aronia pyrifolia
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Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Photinia pyrifolia |
| Common name: | red chokeberry |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Growth type: | shrub |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 3-12' |
| Foliage: | egg or elliptical, short point, finely toothed |
| Flower: | 5 roundish petals, flower stalks wooly; white to pinkish, dark glands on margin |
| Flowering time: | bloom late April to late May; fruit early September to October |
| Habitat: | wet soils of bogs, swamps woods, occ. on drier ground |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | The bright red fruits persist through the winter. The fruit attracts birds. |