Purple Chokeberry (Aronia ×prunifolia (Marshall) Rehder)
Also classified as Aronia prunifolia, Aronia ×floribunda (Lindl.) Sweet, Aronia floribunda.
↑Summary
A naturally-occurring hybrid of red chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) and black chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa), which survives as a species in its own range, occurring beyond the range of either parent.
↑Range - Expand
Legend | Color |
Native | |
Native or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Links & External Resources
• Aronia ×prunifolia (purple chokeberry) | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Aronia prunifolia | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
• Aronia floribunda | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Purple Chokeberry | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Aronia prunifolia (Marsh.) Rehder (Purple Chokeberry) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
• Aronia × prunifolia (Marshall) Rehder | Plants of the World Online (POWO) (About This Site)