Sorbus aucuparia, Sorbus glabrata, SE: Rönn,
DE: Eberesche, NL: Wilde lijsterbes, UK: Rowan

Scientific name:		Sorbus aucuparia L.
Synonym name:		Sorbus glabrata (Wimm. & Grab.) Hedl. (ssp. glabrata)
Swedish name:		Rönn, Vanlig rönn, Nordrönn, Lapprönn
German name:		Eberesche
Nederlandse naam:		Wilde lijsterbes
English name:		Rowan, European Rowan, Mountain ash
Plant Family:		Rosaceae, Rose family, Rosväxter

Life form:		small to medium-sized deciduous tree
Stems:		light grayish brown bark; generally smooth, but somewhat roughened on older trunks
Leaves:		Pinnate, serrated
Flowers:		Five creamy-white petals, hermaphrodite flowers in terminal corymbs 8–15 cm diameter with up to 250 flowers
Fruits:		Red pomes ("berries")
Flowering Period:		May, June
Fruits:		Small, orange-red fruits, born in terminal clusters (birds like to eat the fruit)
Habitat:		Throughout the country

Derivation of the botanical name: Sorbus, Linnaeus named this genus in 1753. "Sorbus" is an ancient Latin name. aucuparia, bird catching. glabrata, glaber, hairless, smooth, bald; with glabrousness. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. The standard author abbreviation Wimm. is used to indicate Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer (1803 - 1868), a German botanist and educator who was a native of Breslau. The standard author abbreviation Grab. is used to indicate Heinrich Emanuel Grabowski (1792 - 1842), a German botanist and pharmacist of Polish heritage who was a native of Leobschütz (today known as Glubczyce, Poland). The standard author abbreviation Hedl. is used to indicate Johan Theodor Hedlund (1861 - 1953, a Swedish botanist.