Crataegus flabellata |
Crataegus florifera |
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aubépine flabelliforme, fan-leaf hawthorn |
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Habit | Shrubs or trees, 40–50 dm. | Shrubs or trees, 70 dm. |
Stems | twigs: new growth reddish at first, usually sparsely pubescent, 1-year old deep chestnut brown, older dull gray; thorns on twigs 1-year old shiny, dark brown, stout to slender, 4–6 cm. |
twigs: new growth ± reddish young, soon glabrescent, 1-year old glossy red-brown, 2-years old duller, older dull gray; thorns on twigs at 1-year old shiny, black, stout to ± slender, 4–6 cm. |
Leaves | petiole 1–2 mm wide, length 40–50% blade, glandular; blade glossy, dark green, broadly elliptic to ovate, 4–7 cm, base cuneate to slightly rounded, lobes 4 or 5 per side, sinuses deep, lobe apex acuminate, margins sharply serrate, teeth gland-tipped, veins 5 or 6 per side, apex acute, abaxial surface glabrous except along veins, adaxial densely appressed-scabrous young, glabrescent. |
petiole length 30–70% blade, slightly pubescent young, glabrescent, eglandular; blade suborbiculate or broadly ovate to obovate, 4–7 cm, base narrowly to broadly cuneate or rounded, lobes 3 or 4 per side, obscure to well-marked, margins serrulate, veins 5 or 6 per side, apex acute, abaxial surface sparsely hairy, densely pubescent along veins, adaxial pubescent (late persistent). |
Inflorescences | 5–10-flowered; branches villous; bracteole frequency not recorded, linear. |
6–10-flowered; branches villous; bracteoles: anthesis late mid season. |
Flowers | 13–17 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous or villous at base; sepals 4–5 mm, margins entire, glandular to glandular-serrate, rarely nearly eglandular, apex acute, abaxial pubescence not recorded; stamens 5–10 or 20, anthers usually pink; styles 3–5. |
17–20 mm diam.; hypanthium sparsely pilose; sepals narrowly triangular, margins glandular-serrate; stamens 20, anthers rose to dark red; styles 2–4. |
Pomes | crimson, ± ellipsoid, 8–10 mm diam., sometimes ± pruinose; sepals spreading or usually erose, not or obscurely elevated; pyrenes 3–5, dorsally deeply grooved. |
deep red, suborbicular, 8–13 mm diam., glabrous; sepals erose or reflexed; pyrenes 2–4, sides plane to erose. |
2n | = 51. |
= 68. |
Crataegus flabellata |
Crataegus florifera |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Sep–Oct. | Flowering May; fruiting Sep–Oct. |
Habitat | Brush, successional fields, fencelines, woodland edges, open woodlands | Successional fields, pastures with woody invaders, fencerows |
Elevation | 10–200 m (0–700 ft) | 100–300 m (300–1000 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; MA; ME; NH; NY; VT; NB; NS; ON; QC
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NY; ON |
Discussion | Crataegus flabellata occurs along the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario, on both sides of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence, to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and to Massachusetts. Reports for Newfoundland have not been substantiated. Crataegus flabellata is distinctive with its leaf blades glossy dark green, ovate to broadly elliptic, cuneate at the base, and with deep acuminate lobes. Specimens with less glandularity or serration of the sepal margins may resemble C. fluviatilis. In spite of the obvious differences in morphology and range, C. flabellata and C. macrosperma often have been combined by floristicians. From C. chrysocarpa, C. flabellata is distinguished by its shinier, ellipsoid, glabrous fruit, by the usually deeper, acuminate lobes of its glossy, dark green leaves, and by longer, slightly more acute sepals. Typically, the inflorescences and hypanthia of eastern C. chrysocarpa are densely hairy, practically tomentose, unlike C. flabellata with its more sparsely hairy pedicels and glabrous distal hypanthia. It is conceivable that, due to morphological intermediacy and the sympatry of all three species within the range of C. flabellata, this species represents the result of ancient hybridization between C. chrysocarpa and C. macrosperma. Crataegus flabellata is usually divided into two varieties: var. flabellata (10 stamens) and var. grayana (20 stamens), the latter being particularly common in southern Quebec. There appears to be little, if any, other constant differentiating feature. Crataegus crudelis, also from Quebec, is a form recognized by long thorns (to 10 cm). The name Crataegus densiflora Sargent, which pertains to C. flabellata, is illegitimate. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Crataegus florifera is frequent in western southern Ontario. There appear to be two main entities here: typical florifera (= Crataegus celsa), plausibly of hybrid origin between C. punctata and C. succulenta (E. J. Palmer 1952), with narrower, somewhat obovate leaves and petiole length 30–40% blade, and a sylvestris type, named for the later homonym C. sylvestris Sargent, with much broader leaves and petiole length often 50–70% blade. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 567. | FNA vol. 9, p. 523. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Coccineae > ser. Tenuifoliae | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Macracanthae > ser. Anomalae |
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Synonyms | Mespilus flabellata, C. crudelis, C. flabellata var. densiflora, C. flabellata var. grayana, C. grayana | C. celsa |
Name authority | (Bosc ex Spach) K. Koch: Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten, ser. 2, 1: 240. (1853) | Sargent: Ontario Nat. Sci. Bull. 4: 14. (1908) |
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