Blooms: Late April - Early July
Habit: tree,shrub
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: West of the Cascades, Alaska to California
Habitat: Moist woods, swamps and open canyons from sea level to moderate elevations in the mountains
Habit: tree,shrub
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: West of the Cascades, Alaska to California
Habitat: Moist woods, swamps and open canyons from sea level to moderate elevations in the mountains
Species Description:
General: Several-stemmed shrub to small tree, 3-12 m. tall, the young trigs crisp-puberulent.
Leaves: Leaf blades lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 4-10 cm. long, pointed, serrate, occasionally with a lobe on one or both margins, deep green above, paler beneath.
Flowers: Inflorescence 5-12 flowered, flat-topped; calyx glabrous to woolly, the 5 lobes lanceolate, recurved, 5 mm. long, deciduous; petals 5, white, oblong-oval, 9-14 mm. long; stamens 20, shorter than the petals; styles usually 3.
Fruits: Fruit 3-chambered, fleshy, obovoid, 10-16 mm. long, yellow to purplish-red.
General: Several-stemmed shrub to small tree, 3-12 m. tall, the young trigs crisp-puberulent.
Leaves: Leaf blades lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 4-10 cm. long, pointed, serrate, occasionally with a lobe on one or both margins, deep green above, paler beneath.
Flowers: Inflorescence 5-12 flowered, flat-topped; calyx glabrous to woolly, the 5 lobes lanceolate, recurved, 5 mm. long, deciduous; petals 5, white, oblong-oval, 9-14 mm. long; stamens 20, shorter than the petals; styles usually 3.
Fruits: Fruit 3-chambered, fleshy, obovoid, 10-16 mm. long, yellow to purplish-red.
Accepted Name:
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.Synonyms:
Malus diversifolia (Bong.) M. Roemer
Malus fusca var. diversifolia Bailey
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid. var. levipes (Nutt.) Schneid.
Malus rivularis Roem.
Malus rivularis var. levipes (Nutt.) Koehne
Pyrus fusca Raf.
Pyrus fusca var. levipes Bailey
Pyrus rivularis Dougl. ex Hook.
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Pyrus fusca
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Malus fusca specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Malus fusca specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Malus fusca treatment.
E-Flora BC: Malus fusca atlas page.
CalPhotos: Malus fusca images.
USDA Plants Database: Malus fusca.
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