An endangered species of 400–500 known specimens, endemic to England and Wales.

Found growing in a limited range on limestone woodland and cliffs, quarries and walls, including at Cheddar Gorge, Avon Gorge (especially in Leigh Woods), Wye Valley and Worle Hill.

Syn. *Sorbus eminens. *A sexual tetraploid, arising from a cross between Common Whitebeam (p. xxx) and Grey-leaved Whitebeam (p. xxx).

Small (10-15m). Bark grey-brown. Buds ovoid, with long hairs. Leaves distinctively rotund or rotund-ovate, 7-12cm, unlobed, usually round-tipped, mid-green above, densely grey-white downy below, with 17-23 veins and serrate (sometimes biserrate) margins smooth near the base, on a 5-17mm petiole. Flowers white with elliptical petals in a fairly sparse 10cm inflorescence (May-June). Fruit a pome (10-14mm), wider than long, ripening red with a few basal white lenticels (August-October).