Crataegus chrysocarpa var. praecox

(Sargent) J. B. Phipps

J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 1: 1009. 2007.

Endemic
Basionym: Crataegus praecox Sargent Rhodora 3: 27. 1901
Synonyms: C. lemingtonensis Sargent
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 600. Mentioned on page 598.

Shrubs, 20–30 dm. Leaves: blade ovate to rhombic-ovate, base ± cuneate, sinuses: max LII 15–20%, lobe apex acute, veins 3–5 per side, abaxial surface glabrous young or lamina sparsely hairy at anthesis, veins hairy, adaxial appressed-scabrous, glabrescent. Inflorescences: branches pubescent. Flowers 15–20 mm diam.; hypanthium pubescent; stamens 10, anthers pink. Pomes red, suborbicular, 8–10 mm diam., glabrous.


Phenology: Flowering May; fruiting mid Sep.
Habitat: Open brush, rocky hillsides
Elevation: 100–300 m

Discussion

Variety praecox is similar to var. chrysocarpa except for its pink anthers and is sparsely scattered through the eastern part of the range of the species. Reports from Quebec and Wisconsin are unconfirmed. Forms attributed to Crataegus lemingtonensis in Vermont are said to be locally common and represent two variants, the more common like C. praecox and a second with a distinctive leaf shape and relatively slender and long petiole characteristic of members of ser. Tenuifoliae. The latter represents typical C. lemingtonensis and is perhaps a hybrid.

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 />) +
subacute;obtuse +
James B. Phipps +
(Sargent) J. B. Phipps +
orangebrown +
thin-exfoliating +  and corrugated +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
cuneate +
Crataegus praecox +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (7.5 cm75 mm <br />0.075 m <br />) +
purplish +  and yellow +
ovate +  and rhombic-ovate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
subcoriaceous +
elliptic +  and linear +
adnate +  and distinct +
crowded +, scattered +  and alternate +
N.H. +, N.Y. +  and Vt. +
not +  and aggregated +
100–300 m +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
not +  and aggregated +
not +  and aggregated +
yellow +  and red or purplish +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
yellowish +  and greenish brown or gray-brown +
appressed-pubescent +
Open brush, rocky hillsides +
constricted +
crassinucellate +
stipitate-glandular +
deciduous +
glandular-serrate +  and serrate +
short-stipitate-glandular +
inferior +  and superior +
biseriate +  and clustered +
collateral +  and basal +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
elliptic +  and circular +
0 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
pale paper brown +
free +  and distinct +
post-mature +
Flowering May +  and fruiting mid Sep. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
dark gray-brown +  and russet +
exfoliating +  and corrugated +
pruinose +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
suborbicular +
J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas +
nonaccrescent +
not arillate +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
appressed +  and erect +
spreading +  and reflexed +
triangular +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
1-50-flowered +  and few-leaved +
concave +  and plane +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
persistent +
distinct +
exsert +  and lateral +
elongate +
glabrous +  and tomentose +
C. lemingtonensis +
Crataegus chrysocarpa var. praecox +
Crataegus chrysocarpa +
variety +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
black +  and dark mahogany +
straight +
less slender +  and more or less stout +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
craspedodromous +  and gland-tipped +
inconspicuous +
less erect +  and oblique +
1 +  and several +
straight +
determinate +
3 (?) +  and 5 (?) +