Sorbus ulleungensis
Species of plant in the genus Sorbus
| Sorbus ulleungensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Sorbus |
| Species: | S. ulleungensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sorbus ulleungensis Chin S.Chang[1] | |
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Sorbus ulleungensis is a species of rowan native to Ulleung Island of South Korea.[2] Its cultivar 'Olympic Flame' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.[3] This medium-sized upright tree, growing to 8 m (26 ft), has large leaves which turn brilliant shades of red and orange in Autumn. Small white flowers in Spring are followed by bright red berries in the Autumn.
