Crataegus berberifolia |
Crataegus spes-aestatum |
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barberry hawthorn, barberry-leaf hawthorn |
hope-of-summers |
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Habit | Shrubs or trees, 60 dm. | Shrubs or trees, 30–60 dm. | ||||
Stems | twigs: new growth orange-brown or green tinged with red, ± pubescent, 1-year old brown, older gray; thorns on twigs ± straight or recurved, 2-years old shiny black to chestnut brown, fine or stouter, (2–)3–4(–6.5) cm. |
twigs: new growth canescent, 1-year old reddish brown, older ± pale gray; thorns on twigs absent or few, straight or slightly curved, 1-year old silver-black, slender, 2.5–6 cm. |
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Leaves | petiole 4–6 mm, length 13–18% blade, glabrescent, eglandular; blade narrowly obovate to oblanceolate, (2.5–)3(–4) cm, coriaceous, base narrowly cuneate, lobes 0, margins finely crenate or serrate except at base, or only beyond widest part, venation craspedodromous, veins 4–6 per side, apex subacute to obtuse, lustrous, abaxial surface ± densely pilose on veins, sometimes pubescent on surface, adaxial hairy young, glabrescent or becoming scabrous. |
petiole 0.7–1.5 cm, length 18–25% blade, densely pubescent young, glabrescent, sparsely sessile-glandular; blade rhombic-elliptic, 4–6 cm (3–4 cm at anthesis), 1.5–2 times as long as wide, base cuneate, lobes 3 or 4 per side, lobe apex acute, margins serrate, teeth gland-tipped, veins 4 or 5 per side, apex acuminate, abaxial surface sparsely pubescent, densely pubescent on veins young, adaxial scabrous-pubescent young. |
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Inflorescences | 8–12-flowered; branches densely pubescent; bracteoles linear, margins glandular. |
6–12-flowered; branches densely canescent; bracteoles membranous or ± herbaceous, margins glandular. |
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Flowers | 10–20 mm diam.; hypanthium villous or glabrous; sepals 3–5 mm, margins entire, abaxially glabrous; stamens 10 or 20, anthers cream or pink; styles 2 or 3. |
20–22 mm diam.; hypanthium canescent; sepal margins glandular-serrate, abaxially sparsely pubescent; stamens 20, anthers yellow or cream; styles 5. |
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Pomes | reddish to yellow, suborbicular, 8–10 mm diam., glabrous; sepals erose or patent; pyrenes 2 or 3. |
red, suborbicular, 10 mm diam. (dry), glabrous, short-pubescent at base and apex; sepals ± eroded (in specimen seen); pyrenes 3–5. |
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Crataegus berberifolia |
Crataegus spes-aestatum |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr; fruiting Sep–Oct. | |||||
Habitat | Thickets, hills, dry open woods, alluvial streambanks | |||||
Elevation | 100–200 m (300–700 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
AL; AR; FL; GA; KS; LA; MO; MS; NC; SC; TN
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IL; MO |
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). Crataegus berberifolia is widespread from Texas to Missouri, Florida, and Virginia; it is particularly abundant in Louisiana. Crataegus berberifolia is little differentiated from some forms of C. crus-galli, except in indumentum; it has relatively small and less variably shaped leaves. Its distribution is quite different. Intermediates with hairy leaves and glabrous inflorescences or nearly glabrous leaves and hairy inflorescences may represent hybrids with C. crus-galli (where they might be reached in the key). Such a situation is found in C. araioclada. Abrasion of the adaxial leaf pubescence may occur, rendering identification more difficult with fruiting material. Crataegus berberifolia has a plethora of yellow and orange-fruited forms, particularly from southern Louisiana. Crataegus fera and C. tersa are red-fruited, C. crocina yellow. The fruit color in the type is unknown; E. J. Palmer (in specimen annotation) called it yellow-orange. A form with exceptionally white-tomentose leaves near Copenhagen, Louisiana, is probably this species. Crataegus regalis var. paradoxa (Sargent) E. J. Palmer, from Missouri and adjacent Kansas and Arkansas, is probably a hybrid between the deeply serrated 'regalis' leaf form of C. crus-galli and a form of C. berberifolia. Two common forms of C. berberifolia occur, treated here as varieties: var. engelmannii with ten pink anthers and var. berberifolia with 20 cream anthers. Forms with 20 pink or ten cream anthers also occur sporadically. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Crataegus spes-aestatum is known only from southern Illinois and counties bordering the Mississippi River in southern Missouri. It is similar to C. collina and has not been seen with certainty since the 1930s. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 540. | FNA vol. 9, p. 545. | ||||
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Coccineae > ser. Crus-galli | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Coccineae > ser. Punctatae | ||||
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Name authority | Torrey & A. Gray: Fl. N. Amer. 1: 469. (1840) | J. B. Phipps: Novon 16: 382, fig. 1. (2006) | ||||
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