Crataegus rivularis |
Crataegus okanaganensis |
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mountain river hawthorn, river hawthorn |
Okanagan hawthorn, Okanagan Valley hawthorn |
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Habit | Shrubs or trees, 30–50 dm. | Shrubs, often multi-trunked, 30–60 dm. | ||||
Stems | twigs: new growth greenish, sparsely pubescent, early glabrescent, 1–2-years old often red-purple; bark on younger 2–5 cm thick branches dark gray-brown, sometimes copper-colored; thorns on twigs straight or ± recurved, 2-years old black or purple-black, glossy, fine, 1.5–4 cm. |
twigs: new growth sparsely pubescent, 1-year old mid to dark brown; thorns on twigs recurved, deep brown, shiny young, usually stout, 2–4(–5) cm. |
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Leaves | petiole 1–2.5 cm, glabrous; blade elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 3–8 cm, length 2+ times width, thin, base cuneate, lobes 0 or small apiculi at ends of some vein tips, margins serrate, teeth numerous, usually acute, fine to coarse, venation semicamptodromous, veins 4 or 5 per side, larger often branched proximal to ends, apex acute, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial appressed-strigose young. |
petiole 1–2 cm, sparsely hairy, eglandular or glandular when young; blade glossy especially when young, expanding leaves often reddish, glabrescent, ± ovate to ovate-rhombic or ± oblong, 3.5–6 cm, ± coriaceous, base rounded to cuneate, lobes 0–4 per side (3–4 per side, well defined in ± ovate to ovate-rhombic leaves; 0–3 per side, distinct in apical 1/2 only in ± oblong leaves), lobe apex acute, margins finely, doubly serrate, veins 4 or 5 per side, ± impressed adaxially, apex acute, abaxial surface glabrous, veins hairy, adaxial densely appressed-hairy. |
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Inflorescences | 6–12-flowered; branches glandular-punctate; bracteoles early caducous, usually present, margins sessile-glandular. |
10–20-flowered; branches ± villous, gland-dotted; bracteole margins glandular (glands near base stipitate only in larger bracteoles). |
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Flowers | 14–17 mm diam.; sepals broadly deltate, 6–8 mm, margins entire, apex narrow, glabrous; stamens 10, anthers pink, sometimes ivory; styles 3–5. |
notably cup-shaped young, 12–15 mm diam.; hypanthium villous (at base) or glabrous; sepals narrowly triangular, 4–6 mm, margins finely glandular-serrate, abaxially sparsely hairy; stamens 5 or 10, anthers ivory, rarely very pale pink; styles 2–4. |
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Pomes | deep red (mid Aug), black or blackish purple mature, suborbicular, 10 mm diam.; sepals ± erect to strongly outcurved or ± patent, 2–3 mm; pyrenes 3 or 4, sides eroded. |
bright red young (mid late Aug), older usually burgundy to deep purple, sometimes almost black (mid Sep), ovoid and 8 mm diam., or orbicular and 10 mm diam., glabrous or hairy; sepals reflexed, sometimes erect-patent, narrow, 5–7 mm; pyrenes 2–4, sides ± eroded. |
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Crataegus rivularis |
Crataegus okanaganensis |
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Phenology | Flowering mid May–early Jun; fruiting Aug–Sep. | |||||
Habitat | Intermontane streamsides, ditches, flood plains | |||||
Elevation | 1300–2300 m (4300–7500 ft) | |||||
Distribution |
AZ; CO; ID; NM; NV; UT; WY
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ID; WA; BC |
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Discussion | Crataegus rivularis is most abundant in intermontane Colorado and Utah and is one of two hawthorns found in Arizona; it is rare in Nevada. There are reports from northwestern Texas (for example, D. S. Correll and M. C. Johnston 1970); they have not been verified. Crataegus rivularis is one of the more common woody species of mesic, valley bottom intermontane habitats. The species flowers early. Crataegus rivularis is superficially similar to the more or less sympatric, less common, C. saligna; it has larger leaves with fewer veins, larger flowers with ten stamens, and larger pomes. It differs from C. erythropoda little other than in leaf shape and ripe fruit color. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). Crataegus okanaganensis is widely distributed and common from the Okanagan valley of southern British Columbia and northern Washington to northern Idaho. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 510. | FNA vol. 9, p. 504. | ||||
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Douglasia > ser. Cerrones | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Maleae > Crataegus > sect. Douglasia > ser. Purpureofructus | ||||
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Name authority | Nuttall: in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 464. (1840) | J. B. Phipps & O'Kennon: Sida 18: 178, figs. 5, 9d–f. (1998) | ||||
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