| Aria devoniensis | |
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| Devon whitebeam, leaves and young fruit | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Aria |
| Species: | A. devoniensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Aria devoniensis (E.F.Warb.) Mosyakin, Fedor. & McNeill | |
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Aria devoniensis, the Devon whitebeam, is a species of tree in the family Rosaceae native to southeastern Ireland and southwestern Great Britain.
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It will form a deciduous tree to about 12 metres height.
The leaves are entire, lobed, dark green above, the underside has a dense layer of grey hairs.
It flowers at the end of May, they are white with 5 petals.
The fruit ripen at the end of October. They are orange-brown to brown, and edible.
It probably did not exist before the last ice age, arising from a hybrid between Sorbus torminalis, the wild service tree, and another species of whitebeam. It is a close relative of the Watersmeet whitebeam, Aria admonitor, and two other British natives and around 40 species in Europe.[full citation needed]
Aria devoniensis is native to southeastern Ireland and southwestern Great Britain, where it occurs in hedgerows, woods, rocky woodland, and scrubland.
