Similar species: Page is under construction. Please see link below for general information on the genus Malus.

Flowering: late April to late May

Habitat and ecology: Introduced from Japan, this species has escaped from cultivation into disturbed areas and is becoming fairly common.

Occurence in the Chicago region: non-native

Etymology: Malus is the classic name for apple. Sieboldii was named after Franz Philipp von Siebold, a 19th century German physician that is well known for his studies of the flora and fauna of Japan.

Author: The Morton Arboretum

Small tree with spreading branches; twigs pubescent; lvs pubescent on both sides, later glabrous above, ovate or elliptic, acuminate, 2.5-6 cm, serrate, those of the long shoots also 3(5)-lobed; pedicels and cal pubescent; fls 2 cm wide, pink or very deep rose in bud, finally nearly white; styles 3-4 (unique among our spp.); fr 6-8 mm, with deciduous cal; 2n=34, 58, 85. Native of Japan, escaped and becoming established in Mass.

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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