Crataegus holmesiana |
Crataegus flava |
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aubépine de Holmes, Holmes' hawthorn |
yellow hawthorn, yellowleaf hawthorn |
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Habit | Shrubs or trees, 40–70(–100) dm, single-trunked. | Shrubs or trees, 50–60 dm. |
Stems | twigs: new growth greenish to reddish, glabrous or pubescent; thorns on twigs recurved, often slender, 3–6 cm. |
twigs straight or slightly flexuous, new growth color not recorded, glabrous, 1-year old purple-brown, older dark gray; thorns on twigs straight to slightly recurved, 2-years old purple-brown, slender, 2–3 cm. |
Leaves | petiole length 30–35% blade, glabrate to densely hairy, often sparsely glandular; blade ± narrowly ovate, 6–9 cm, base cuneate or ± rounded, lobe apex acuminate, margins serrate or doubly serrate, teeth 2 mm, adaxial usually densely scabrous-pubescent young. |
petiole 1 mm wide, length 30–45% blade, winged distally, slightly pubescent, glandular; blade rhombic-obovate, 5–8 cm (in type material), base cuneate, lobes 1–3 per side, sinuous, sinuses shallow, lobe apex obtuse to acute, margins crenate to crenate-serrate, teeth gland-tipped, veins 3 or 4 per side, apex subacute to obtuse, adaxial surface pubescent young, glabrescent. |
Inflorescences | branches usually pubescent, rarely glabrous or tomentose. |
4–6-flowered; branches glabrous or sparsely villous; bracteole margins glandular. |
Flowers | hypanthium usually pubescent; stamens 5–8(–10), anthers pink to rose-purple, sometimes crimson. |
16–18 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous; sepals 4–5 mm, margins glandular; stamens 13–16, anthers purple; styles 3–5. |
Pomes | bright to deep red, ellipsoid to broadly pyriform, 12–14 mm, usually glabrous; sepals wide-spreading or erose. |
dull orange, ± pyriform-oblong, 8–12 mm diam., glabrous; sepals on collar, ± reflexed; pyrenes 3–5. |
2n | = 34, 51. |
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Crataegus holmesiana |
Crataegus flava |
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Phenology | Flowering May; fruiting Sep–Oct. | Flowering early Apr; fruiting Sep–Oct. |
Habitat | Woodland edges, old pastures, fencerows | Deep, sandy soil |
Elevation | 10–300 m (0–1000 ft) | 10–100 m (0–300 ft) |
Distribution |
CT; IL; IN; MA; ME; MI; MN; NH; NY; OH; PA; RI; VT; WI; ON; QC
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FL; GA; SC
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Discussion | Crataegus holmesiana ranges from Wisconsin and Illinois through the southern Great Lakes region to southern Quebec and Maine, and to Pennsylvania; it is common in much of its range and should be expected in West Virginia. In its usual form, Crataegus holmesiana is readily distinguished from C. coccinea vars. coccinea and pringlei, though occasional intermediates occur. Crataegus robesoniana Sargent [C. pedicellata var. robesoniana (Sargent) E. J. Palmer] is one and perhaps C. amicta Ashe [C. holmesiana var. amicta (Ashe) E. J. Palmer] is another. Crataegus holmesiana is routinely interpreted as a typical member of ser. Coccineae, thus, a villous inflorescence taxon with serrate sepals. However, the protologue by Ashe (authentic material not located) states that the inflorescences are glabrous and the sepals are nearly entire, causing confusion with C. tenuifolia Britton (ser. Tenuifoliae). Current usage for C. holmesiana became fixed after Ashe erected a var. villosa with serrate sepals and villous inflorescences. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Of conservation concern. Crataegus flava ranges from southeastern Georgia to South Carolina and northern Florida. Wild specimens of the typical form have not been seen since the early 1900s; vegetative specimens resembling this species were collected from the Florida panhandle in the early part of the present century. Crataegus flava has been widely confused with members of both ser. Apricae and ser. Lacrimatae (J. B. Phipps et al. 2007). Its stamen number has been wrongly credited as 10 or 20; stamen number in the type has recently been verified as 13–16 by S. Landrein (Kew). Recent collections with 13–16 stamens are unknown. The correct stamen counts are unusual for Crataegus, which are mainly narrowly dispersed around modes of 10 or 20, so this perhaps suggests, together with its somewhat flexuous twigs, and rarity, hybrid origin. Crataegus flava is similar to C. rubella, particularly in fruit shape and color as well as general glandularity, so its placement with members of sect. Intricatae seems appropriate. Lack of recent collections similar to the type suggests that modern attributions to C. flava may represent hybrids involving members of ser. Apricae. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 560. | FNA vol. 9, p. 588. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Coccineae > ser. Coccineae | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Coccineae > ser. Intricatae |
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Synonyms | C. anomala, C. eamesii, C. elongata, C. holmesiana var. villipes, C. pura, C. sertata, C. tardipes | |
Name authority | Ashe: J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 16: 78. (1900) | Aiton: Hort. Kew. 2: 169. (1789) |
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