Crataegus flabellata |
Crataegus marshallii |
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aubépine flabelliforme, fan-leaf hawthorn |
parsley haw, parsley hawthorn |
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Habit | Shrubs or trees, 40–50 dm. | Shrubs or trees, 20–80 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. |
1-trunked; 1-year old twigs dark purple-brown, older dark, dull gray; thorns on twigs straight or slightly recurved, 1.5–3 cm, 3-years old dark and shiny, slender, 2–3 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 long, pubescent; blade broadly ovate to deltate, 1.5–3 cm, base broadly cuneate to ± truncate, lobes 3 per side, narrow, margins serrate, particularly toward lobe apices, veins 7 or 8 per side (including those to sinuses), apex acute, surfaces hairy, especially along veins abaxially. |
Inflorescences | 5–10-flowered; branches villous; bracteole frequency not recorded, linear. |
4–10-flowered; branches densely pubescent; bracteole margins short-stipitate-glandular. |
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. |
12–17 mm diam.; hypanthium hairy; sepals narrowly triangular, margins slightly incised; stamens 20, anthers deep rose to red; styles 1 or 2(or 3). |
Pomes | crimson, ± ellipsoid, 8–10 mm diam., sometimes ± pruinose; sepals spreading or usually erose, not or obscurely elevated; pyrenes 3–5, dorsally deeply grooved. |
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2n | = 51. |
= 34, 51. |
Crataegus flabellata |
Crataegus marshallii |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Sep–Oct. | Flowering Mar–Apr; fruiting Sep–Nov. |
Habitat | Brush, successional fields, fencelines, woodland edges, open woodlands | Alluvial and other woodlands, light shade, open areas, calcareous or mafic rock, uplands |
Elevation | 10–200 m (0–700 ft) | 10–500 m (0–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; MA; ME; NH; NY; VT; NB; NS; ON; QC
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AL; AR; FL; GA; IL; KY; LA; MO; MS; NC; OK; SC; TN; TX; VA
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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 marshallii is common in the southeastern United States; reports from Kansas are unconfirmed. The exfoliating bark is an attractive ornamental characteristic. Crataegus apiifolia (Marshall) Michaux is an illegitimate name. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 567. | FNA vol. 9, p. 498. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Coccineae > ser. Tenuifoliae | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Crataegus > ser. Apiifoliae |
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Synonyms | Mespilus flabellata, C. crudelis, C. flabellata var. densiflora, C. flabellata var. grayana, C. grayana | Mespilus apiifolia |
Name authority | (Bosc ex Spach) K. Koch: Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten, ser. 2, 1: 240. (1853) | Eggleston: in N. L. Britton and J. A. Shafer, N. Amer. Trees, 473. (1908) — not Crataegus apiifolia Medikus 1793 |
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