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| Life form: |
| Deciduous tree |
| Stems: |
| Grey bark; the crown dome-shaped; 3–10 m |
| Leaves: |
| Oblong, shallowly partite, serrated, dark green leaves have silver-grey undersides with pale grey-white hairs; at the base of the leaf there may be two or four deep lobes, or none at all; winter buds are green or brownish and sticky |
| Flowers: |
| Hermaphrodite, 5 white petals, 20 yellowish-white stamens; flattened clusters, corymbs; flower-stalks hairy. |
| Flowering Period: |
| June |
| Fruits: |
| Orange-red to red oval pome |
| Habitat: |
| Skåne to Uppland, further north is rare; dry rocky meadow banks, rocky broadleaf woods, forest hills |
Derivation of the botanical name:
Sorbus, Linnaeus named this genus in 1753. "Sorbus" is an ancient Latin name.
intermedia, Latin inter, "between," medium "middle," the name means intermediate.
- The standard author abbreviation Ehrh. is used to indicate Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742 – 1795), a German botanist, a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University.
- The standard author abbreviation Pers. is used to indicate Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761 – 1836), a mycologist, born in South Africa.
- 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 Fr. is used to indicate Elias Magnus Fries (1794 – 1878), a Swedish mycologist and botanist.
- The standard author abbreviation Krok is used to indicate Thorgny Ossian Bolivar Napoleon Krok(1834 – 1921), a Swedish botanist.
- The standard author abbreviation Almq. is used to indicate Sigfried Osker Immanuel Almquist (1844 - 1923), a Swedish botanist and mycologist.
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