PLANTS OF CANADIAN SERVICEBERRY - AMELANCHIER CANADENSIS

It is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 0.5–8 m tall with one to many stems and a narrow, fastigiate crown. The leaves are alternate, simple and ovate to ovate-oblong. The flowers are produced in early spring in loose racemes at the ends of the branches; each raceme has four to ten flowers. The flower has five white petals. The fruit is a pome, dark purple when ripe; it is edible and sweet.