Rosaceae
Red chokeberry
Aronia arbutifolia
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Aronia
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- كرز بري
- arz
- ارونيا اربوتيفوليا
- Bulgarian
- Червена арония
- Chinese
- 紅涩石楠, 红涩石楠, 红涩楠, 红苦味果, 紅山楸梅
- Croatian
- Crvenoplodna aronija
- Dutch
- Appelbes, Rode appelbes
- English
- Red chokeberry
- Esperanto
- Felta aronio
- Finnish
- Puna-aronia
- French
- Aronie rouge, Aronie à feuilles d’arbousier, Aronie à fruits rouges
- German
- Filzige Apfelbeere, Rote Apfelbeere
- hsb
- Pjelsćojta aronija
- Korean
- 붉은아로니아
- Persian
- انگورک گلوگیر سرخ
- Russian
- Арония красная, Арония арбутолистная, Арония арбутусолистная
- Slovak
- Arónia jahodovolistová
- Swedish
- Röd aronia
- Welsh
- Llwyn aeron tagu coch
Synonyms
- Adenorachis arbutifolia (L.) Nieuwl.
- Amelanchier chinensis K.Koch
- Aronia arbutifolia f. glabra (Elliot) Uttal
- Aronia arbutifolia f. leiocalyx Rehder
- Aronia arbutifolia f. macrocarpa Zabel
- Aronia arbutifolia f. macrophylla (Hook.) Rehder
- Aronia arbutifolia var. baenitziana (C.K.Schneid.) C.K.Schneid.
- Aronia arbutifolia var. depressa (Lindl.) C.K.Schneid.
- Aronia arbutifolia var. glabra Elliott
- Aronia arbutifolia var. pumila (Schmidt) Rehder
- Aronia arbutifolia var. tomentosa Elliott
- Aronia densa CarriŠre
- Aronia densa Carrière
- Aronia densiflora Spach
- Aronia depressa Spach
- Aronia nigra Dippel
- Aronia pubens Spach
- Aronia pumila M.Roem.
- Aronia pyrifolia Lam.
- Aronia pyrifolia Pers.
- Crataegus densiflora Desf. ex K.Koch
- Crataegus pyrifolia Lam.
- Hahnia arbutifolia (L.) Medik.
- Hahnia arbutifolia var. rubra Medik.
- Halmia tomentosa var. pyrifolia (Lam.) M.Roem.
- Halmia tomentosa var. pyrifolia (Pers.) M.Roem.
- Mespilus arbutifolia L.
- Mespilus arbutifolia var. erythrocarpa Michx.
- Mespilus montana M.Roem.
- Mespilus pumila Schmidt
- Photinia pyrifolia (Pers.) K.R.Robertson & J.B.Phipps
- Pyrus arbutifolia (L.) L.f.
- Pyrus arbutifolia subsp. rubra Ehrh.
- Pyrus arbutifolia var. alba Willd.
- Pyrus arbutifolia var. erythrocarpa Michx.
- Pyrus arbutifolia var. glabra Cronquist
- Pyrus arbutifolia var. intermedia Lindl.
- Pyrus arbutifolia var. macrophylla Hook.
- Pyrus arbutifolia var. oblongifolia Farw.
- Pyrus arbutifolia var. pumila (Schmidt) Loudon
and 15 more.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Alan Weakley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Katja Schulz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Abrahami assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Casey Harless, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Austin Pursley, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bob Gutowski, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.