Rosaceae
Purple chokeberry
Aronia × prunifolia
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Aronia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 紫涩楠
- Croatian
- Ljubičastoplodna aronija, Ljubičasta aronija
- Dutch
- Zwarte appelbes, Paarse appelbes
- English
- Purple chokeberry
- Esperanto
- Prunfolia aronio
- Finnish
- Koristearonia
- hsb
- Slowčinowa aronija
- Korean
- 자주아로니아
- Swedish
- Slånaronia
Synonyms
- Adenorachis atropurpurea (Britton) Nieuwl.
- Aronia arbutifolia var. atropurpurea (Britton) C.K.Schneid.
- Aronia arbutifolia var. atropurpurea (Britton) F.Seym.
- Aronia atropurpurea Britton
- Aronia floribunda (Lindl.) Sweet
- Aronia floribunda var. glabrescens (Spach) C.K.Schneid.
- Aronia floribunda var. typica C.K.Schneid.
- Aronia glabrescens Spach
- Crataegus arbutifolia Lam.
- Crataegus prunifolia (Marshall) Baumg.
- Malus domestica var. floribunda (Lindl.) Likhonos
- Mespilus amelanchier var. prunifolia (Marshall) Castigl.
- Mespilus prunifolia Marshall
- Photinia floribunda (Lindl.) K.R.Robertson & J.B.Phipps
- Pyrus arbutifolia f. pubescens E.L.Rand & Redfield
- Pyrus arbutifolia var. atropurpurea (Britton) B.L.Rob.
- Pyrus arbutifolia var. typica (C.K.Schneid.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Pyrus atropurpurea (Britton) L.H.Bailey
- Pyrus floribunda Lindl.
- Pyrus hippomenes M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus melanocarpa var. atropurpurea (Britton) Farw.
- Pyrus parkmannii Sarg.
- Sorbus arbutifolia var. atropurpurea (Britton) C.K.Schneid.
- Sorbus floribunda (Lindl.) Heynh.
- Sorbus floribunda var. glabrescens (Spach) C.K.Schneid.
- Sorbus floribunda var. typica C.K.Schneid.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
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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.