Crataegus castlegarensis |
Crataegus compacta |
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Castlegar hawthorn, Castlegar hawthorne, hawthorn |
cluster hawthorn, Thames hawthorn |
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Habit | Shrubs, 25–50 dm. | Shrubs, erect, 60 dm. |
Stems | erect; branches spreading; 1-year old twigs brown; thorns on twigs usually branched, some paired or in triads, straight to slightly recurved, dark brown with blackish tip young, 2–3 cm. |
twigs: new growth reddish green, 1-year old tan, 2-years old dull gray; thorns on twigs ± numerous, ± straight to slightly recurved, 2-years old shiny blackish, medium thickness, 1.5–3 cm. |
Leaves | petiole 0.7–1.5 cm, pubescent, eglandular; blade oblanceolate to ovate-rhombic, 3.5–6 cm, lobes 3 or 4 per side, sinuses shallow to deep, lobe apex usually acute, margins serrate, teeth apices finally glandular young, venation craspedodromous, veins 4 or 5 per side, apex broadly triangular, abaxial surface sparsely hairy or glabrous except on veins, adaxial conspicuously appressed-pubescent young, glabrescent except on midvein. |
petiole length 50–75% blade, sparsely glandular; blade trullate to rhombic-ovate, 3–5 cm, thin, base cuneate, lobes 2 or 3 per side, sinuses shallow, lobe apex subacute, margins serrate, teeth 1 mm, veins 4 or 5 per side, apex acute, surfaces glabrous, sometimes adaxial sparsely hairy young. |
Inflorescences | 12–20-flowered; branches sparsely to densely pubescent; bracteole margins stipitate-glandular. |
4–7-flowered; branches glabrous, sparsely punctate; bracteoles sometimes greenish, large, margins short-stipitate-glandular. |
Flowers | 12 mm diam.; hypanthium pubescent or glabrous; sepals triangular, 3 mm, margins remotely glandular-serrate; stamens 10, anthers pink; styles 3 or 4. |
15–18 mm diam.; sepals narrowly triangular, 4–5 mm, margins subentire, abaxial pubescence not recorded; stamens 20, anthers pink to red, 0.3 mm; styles 3 or 4. |
Pomes | crimson (mid Aug) turning to reddish plum or, ultimately, blackish purple, orbicular, ± oblate (recessed at junction with pedicel), 10 mm diam., sparsely pilose; sepals reflexed, apex obtuse; pyrenes 3 or 4, sides usually pitted. |
usually borne singly, greenish to pinkish or pale purple, or dull reddish purple, 8–11 mm diam., moderately pruinose (sometimes bracteolate); sepals on collar, spreading, sometimes erose; pyrenes 2 or 3. |
2n | = 68. |
= 34, 51, 68. |
Crataegus castlegarensis |
Crataegus compacta |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Sep–Oct. | Flowering May; fruiting Sep–Oct. |
Habitat | Mesic brush | Scrub, woodland edges, pastures, fencerows |
Elevation | 300–1200 m (1000–3900 ft) | 100–300 m (300–1000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; MT; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; SK
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MI; NY; OH; PA; VA; WV; ON |
Discussion | Crataegus castlegarensis occurs from around the northern Okanagan, British Columbia, to the northern California Coast Ranges, to northwestern Montana, and the Rocky Mountains to northeast of Salt Lake City, Utah. The species occurs also in the Cypress Hills of Alberta and Saskatchewan; it is found in habitats similar to those of C. douglasii and is at least as abundant as that species in a number of parts of its range. Crataegus castlegarensis is readily recognized by a combination of hairy inflorescence branches, pomes more or less orbicular, crimson or burgundy (with irregular earlier ripening) around the third week of August, soon becoming purple, often when nearby C. douglasii is already black, as well as a tendency to possess thorns on the young twigs branched at the base to become double, triple, or even sometimes quadruple. Such multiple thorns, though sometimes abundant on a bush, are more often few and may require searching for. Inflorescence pubescence, as in other species with this characteristic, may become sparse by fruiting. Crataegus castlegarensis is most similar to C. douglasii; its fruit is usually more orbicular, even oblately so, than is normal in that species, sometimes even with a recessed junction to the pedicel like an apple. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Crataegus compacta is common in the Carolinian zone of Ontario and extends to Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania (where infrequent), and to the Virginia Blue Ridge (reported for Ohio by Palmer). Crataegus compacta is most similar to C. gattingeri, one of the two most widespread species in the series, but the allopatry of the two, as well as consistent differences in leaf shape, underlines their distinction. The pedicels and hypanthia in young flowers are conspicuously reddish. Similar forms from Pennsylvania, though with ivory anthers, are C. repentina Sargent with 10–20 stamens and minute anthers, and C. varians Sargent with 10–15 stamens. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 513. | FNA vol. 9, p. 573. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Douglasia > ser. Douglasianae | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Coccineae > ser. Pruinosae |
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Name authority | J. B. Phipps & O'Kennon: Sida 20: 121, figs. 3, 4. (2002) | Sargent: Crataegus S. Michigan, 522. (1907) |
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