Crataegus persimilis Sargent (Q4328)

From Canadian Flora Commons
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Crataegus persimilis is a taxon with the rank species within the series Crataegus ser. Crus-galli
Language Label Description Also known as
English
Crataegus persimilis Sargent
Crataegus persimilis is a taxon with the rank species within the series Crataegus ser. Crus-galli

    Statements

    taxon/id/Crataegus persimilis Sargent
    0 references
    Crataegus persimilis Sargent
    Crataegus persimilis
    Sargent
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    plum-leaved hawthorn (English)
    aubépine à feuilles de prunier (French)
    Plumleaf hawthorn (English)
    Flowering May; fruiting Sep–Oct.
    open woods
    rocky pastures
    Shrubs or trees, 50–60 dm.
    thorns on twigs straight to ± recurved, 2-years old shiny blackish purple, slender to moderately stout, 4–7 cm.
    petiole length 20–30% blade, glabrous;
    blade ± narrowly obovate to broadly elliptic or rhombic-elliptic, 4–5 cm, coriaceous, base cuneate, lobes 0, or 3 or 4 per side, sinuses very shallow, lobe apex acute, margins sharply serrate, teeth 1–2 mm, venation craspedodromous, veins 7 per side, apex broadly acute, glossy, surfaces glabrate or glabrous, adaxial midvein hairy young.
    Inflorescences 8–18-flowered;
    branches punctate, sparsely to densely pubescent;
    bracteoles caducous, linear, membranous, margins glandular.
    Flowers 12–17 mm diam.;
    hypanthium glabrous or villous at base;
    sepals narrowly triangular, 4–5 mm, margins deeply glandular-serrate, adaxial surface glabrous;
    stamens 10–15 (–20), anthers cream or pink;
    styles (1 or) 2 (or 3).
    Pomes bright scarlet, glossy, suborbicular to ± ellipsoid, 10 mm diam., glabrous;
    pyrenes (1 or) 2 (or 3), dorsally grooved, sides plane to deeply excavated.