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Sorbus insignis

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
E. Nepal to E. Tibet and N. Myanmar
Climate
temperate

About

Sorbus insignis is a species of rowan. It is a tree to 10–15 metres (33–49 ft) tall, rarely a shrub. It is native to SW China (NW Yunnan and E Tibet), NE India (Manipur, Sikkim), Myanmar, and Nepal.

Uses

The plant is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant in stone gardens, parks and yards.

Other Sorbus plants

Mountain Ash · Alniaria folgneri · Alniaria yuana · Micromeles hemsleyi · Micromeles thibetica · Micromeles megalocarpa · American mountain-ash · Rowan · California mountain ash · Kashmir Rowan · Japanese Rowan · Northern mountain ash

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sorbus insignis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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