Crataegus ×disperma

Crataegus ×disperma Ashe

J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 17: 14. 1900.

Endemic
Synonyms: Crataegus grandis Ashe C. pausiaca Ashe C. peoriensis Sargent C. punctata var. pausiaca (Ashe) E. J. Palmer
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 637. Mentioned on page 543, 638.

Shrubs or trees, 50–80 dm. Stems: twigs: new growth reddish young, glabrous or pubescent, 1-year old shiny brown, glabrous, older dark gray; thorns on twigs 2-years old shiny, dark-brown, fine, 3–4 cm. Leaves deciduous; petiole 0.7–1.5 cm, winged nearly to base, glabrous; blade dark green, obovate or elliptic, 2.5–5 cm, subcoriaceous, base broadly to narrowly cuneate, lobes 0 or few, sinuses very shallow, margins serrate, venation craspedodromous, veins 5–7 per side, apex acute, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences 5–12-flowered; branches glabrous; bracteoles caducous, linear, membranous, margins glandular. Flowers 13–18 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous; sepals narrow, margins ± entire or subserrate; stamens 10, anthers pink or red-purple; styles 2 (or 3). Pomes deep red, ± oblong, 12–14 × 9–11 mm; sepals spreading, subsessile; pyrenes 2, dorsally grooved, sides plane.


Phenology: Flowering May; fruiting Sep–Oct.
Habitat: Brush, along streams
Elevation: 50–200 m

Distribution

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Ill., Ind., Iowa, Ohio, Pa., Va.

Discussion

Crataegus ×disperma has been found sporadically from Iowa east to Virginia and Pennsylvania, where the ranges of C. punctata and C. crus-galli overlap.

Crataegus ×disperma belongs to a group of taxa intermediate between C. crus-galli and C. punctata; it may key to C. collina, although it has glossier leaves and usually fewer styles and pyrenes. Some specimens are more hairy, or with more strongly glandular-serrate sepal margins, than in the description, which is based on Ashe. Crataegus danielsii E. J. Palmer from Missouri, with glossy, more or less coriaceous, but lobed leaves is another problematic C. crus-galli × C. collina hybrid according to Palmer (1952). The pink-anthered C. ×disperma and cream-anthered C. ×incaedua are similar to C. collina var. sordida except for the number of styles and pyrenes (two or three).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
red-purple +  and pink +
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Crataegus ×disperma Ashe +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
cuneate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
elliptic +  and obovate +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
subcoriaceous +
adnate +  and distinct +
crowded +, scattered +  and alternate +
Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Ohio +, Pa. +  and Va. +
not +  and aggregated +
50–200 m +
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unisexual +  and bisexual +
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yellow +  and red or purplish +
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dark gray +, brown +  and reddish +
older +, old +, young +  and new +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
Brush, along streams +
constricted +
crassinucellate +
deciduous +
craspedodromous +
subserrate +, entire +  and serrate +
serrate +  and crenate +
inferior +  and superior +
biseriate +  and clustered +
collateral +  and basal +
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pale-pink +, pale cream +  and white +
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adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
dark gray-brown +  and russet +
exfoliating +  and corrugated +
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persistent +
free +  and distinct +
triangular +
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free +  and distinct +
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persistent +
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Crataegus ×disperma +
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craspedodromous +  and gland-tipped +
inconspicuous +
5 (?) +  and 7 (?) +
tree +  and shrub +