Crataegus flabellata |
Crataegus stolonifera |
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aubépine flabelliforme, fan-leaf hawthorn |
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Habit | Shrubs or trees, 40–50 dm. | Shrubs, 25 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 golden green, glabrous, 1-year old reddish brown, 2-years old gray; thorns on twigs usually recurved, 2-years old shiny reddish brown or darker, ± slender, 3–5 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 1.5–2.5 cm, glabrous, sparsely glandular; blade ovate, 4–5 cm length/width = to 1.5, subcoriaceous, base cuneate to broadly cuneate (leaves on extension shoots broadly ovate to ovate-deltate or deltate, base nearly truncate), lobes 4 per side, sinuses moderately deep, lobe apex acute, margins serrate, veins 4 or 5 per side, apex acute to subacute, adaxial surface finely appressed-pubescent young, glabrescent; extension-shoot leaf blades broadly ovate to ovate-deltate or deltate, widest in basal 1/4, nearly as long as wide, sinuses deep, LII 25–50%, base nearly truncate. |
Inflorescences | 5–10-flowered; branches villous; bracteole frequency not recorded, linear. |
5–10-flowered; branches glabrous; bracteoles absent or few, margins 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. |
15–18 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous; sepals broadly to narrowly triangular, 6–7 mm, margins glandular-serrate; stamens 10, anthers rose-purple; styles 3 or 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. |
red, suborbicular, 9–12 mm diam.; flesh mellow when ripe; sepals reflexed; pyrenes 3 or 4, dorsally grooved. |
2n | = 51. |
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Crataegus flabellata |
Crataegus stolonifera |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Sep–Oct. | Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Sep–Oct. |
Habitat | Brush, successional fields, fencelines, woodland edges, open woodlands | Brush, thickets, roadsides |
Elevation | 10–200 m (0–700 ft) | 10–400 m (0–1300 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; MA; ME; NH; NY; VT; NB; NS; ON; QC
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DE; NY; OH; PA; WI; 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 stolonifera has been recorded sporadically from Wisconsin to southern Ontario and New York, to Pennsylvania and Delaware. The species is similar to C. populnea, differing primarily in the deltate, deeply incised extension-shoot leaves and more mellow fruit. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 567. | FNA vol. 9, p. 570. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Coccineae > ser. Tenuifoliae | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Coccineae > ser. Populneae |
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Synonyms | Mespilus flabellata, C. crudelis, C. flabellata var. densiflora, C. flabellata var. grayana, C. grayana | C. iracunda var. stolonifera |
Name authority | (Bosc ex Spach) K. Koch: Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten, ser. 2, 1: 240. (1853) | Sargent: Bot. Gaz. 35: 109. (1903) |
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