Rosaceae
Saskatoon serviceberry
Amelanchier alnifolia
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Amelanchier
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Common names
By language (21)
- arz
- املانشير النيفوليا
- Azerbaijani
- Qızılağacyarpaq irqa
- Chinese
- 愷葉唐棣, 桤叶唐棣, 薩斯卡通莓, 薩斯喀屯莓
- chy
- Hetanemenôtse
- cr
- ᒥᓵᐢᑿᑑᒥᓇ
- Czech
- Muchovník olšolistý
- Danish
- Ellebladet bærmispel
- English
- Saskatoon serviceberry, Saskatoon, Serviceberry, Cusick's serviceberry, Saskatoon berry, Alder-leaf shadbush, Pacific serviceberry, Western juneberry
- Estonian
- Lepalehine toompihlakas
- Finnish
- Marjatuomipihlaja, Saskatoon
- French
- Amélanchier à feuilles d'aulne
- German
- Erlenblättrige Felsenbirne
- hsb
- Wólšowy muchownik
- Japanese
- サスカトゥーン・ベリー, サスカトゥーンベリー
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Taggblåhegg
- nv
- Dzidzé ditʼódí, Dedei ditʼódí, Didzé ditʼódí
- Persian
- توتین سسکتون
- Russian
- Ирга ольхолистная, Melanchier alnifolia
- Slovak
- Muchovník jelšolistý
- Swedish
- Sen häggmispel, Bärhäggmispel
- Ukrainian
- Ірга вільхолиста
Synonyms
- Amelanchier alnifolia f. alnifolia
- Amelanchier alnifolia var. typica C.K.Schneid.
- Amelanchier canadensis var. alnifolia (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Amelanchier diversifolia var. alnifolia (Nutt.) Torr.
- Amelanchier montana hort.
- Amelanchier parvifolia hort.
- Amelanchier sanguinea var. alnifolia (Nutt.) P.Landry
- Aronia alnifolia Nutt.
- Pyrus alnifolia (Nutt.) Lindl.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 4,007 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Harry Podschwit, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Troy McConaghy, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Harry Podschwit, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cris Waller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gavin Slater, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Price Foster, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Corvi Zeman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Low serviceberryAmelanchier humilisRosaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.