形态描述

乔木，高可达8m。小枝粗壮，幼时具短柔毛，逐渐脱落，老时红褐色或紫褐色，无毛。叶片椭圆形至长椭圆形，长5-8cm，宽2-3cm，先端短渐尖或圆钝，基部宽楔形或近圆形，边缘有紧贴细锯齿，幼嫩时上下两面具稀疏短柔毛，以后脱落；叶柄长1.5-2cm，具短柔毛。花白色，在芽中呈粉红色；花序近伞形，有花4-6朵，花梗长2-3厘m，具柔毛；苞片膜质，披针形，早落；花直径4-5cm；萼片三角卵形，先端急尖，全缘，内面密被白色绒毛，萼片比萼筒稍短；花瓣卵形，长2-2.5cm，宽1.5-2cm，基部有短爪，白色；雄蕊20-25，花丝长短不等，长约花瓣之半；花柱5，稀4，基部有白色绒色，比雄蕊稍长。果实近球形，直径2cm，黄色，萼片宿存；果梗细长，先端肥厚，长3-4cm。花期4-5月，果期8-9月。

分布地区

见于西湖景区（花港）。分布于江苏、河北、山东、陕西、云南、浙江。

中国植物志英文版

Pyrus spectabilis Aiton, Hort. Kew 2: 175. 1789; Malus domestica Borkhausen var. spectabilis (Aiton) Likhonos; M. microcarpa A. Savatier var. spectabilis (Aiton) Carrière. Trees to 8 m tall. Branchlets reddish brown or purplish brown when old, terete, puberulous when young, glabrous when old; buds purplish brown, ovoid, sparsely pubescent. Stipules caducous, narrowly lanceolate, 4–6 mm, membranous, adaxially villous, margin entire, apex acuminate; petiole 1.5–2 cm, puberulous; leaf blade elliptic or narrowly elliptic, 5–8 × 2–3 cm, both surfaces sparsely puberulous when young, glabrescent, base broadly cuneate or subrounded, margin adpressed serrulate, apex shortly acuminate or rounded-obtuse. Corymb subumbel-like, 4–6 cm in diam., 4–6-flowered; bracts caducous, lanceolate, membranous, margin entire, apex acuminate. Pedicel 2–3 cm, pubescent. Flowers 4–5 cm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially glabrous or white tomentose. Sepals triangular-ovate, 2–4 mm, slightly shorter than hypanthium, abaxially glabrous or pubescent, adaxially white tomentose, margin entire, apex acute. Petals white, pink in bud, ovate, 2–2.5 cm, base shortly clawed, apex rounded. Stamens 20–25, unequal, ca. 1/2 as long as petals. Ovary (4- or)5-loculed; with 2 ovules per locule; styles (4 or)5, slightly longer than stamens, white tomentose basally. Pome yellow, subglobose, ca. 2 cm in diam., not impressed at apex, convex at base; fruiting pedicel 3–3.5 cm, thickened distally, subglabrous; sepals persistent. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Aug–Sep. 2n = 34*, 51*. Plains, mountain regions; 500--2000 m. Hebei, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Yunnan, Zhejiang. This species is one of the most famous ornamental trees in China, widely cultivated in the E and N regions. The cultivated var. riversis (G. Kirchner) Rehder has double, pink flowers, and var. albipena Schelle, also cultivated, has double, white flowers.----from “Flora of China”