Crataegus spathulata

Michaux
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 500. Mentioned on page 495, 606.

Shrubs or trees, 30–70 dm, branching often tabulate when open-grown. Stems: 3-year old twigs deep purple-brown, older dark gray; 3-year old thorns on twigs blackish, ± straight, 3–4 (–5) cm. Leaves: petiole short; blade usually dark green, sometimes ± glaucous, narrowly or broadly spatulate, 1.5–3 cm, base cuneate, lobes 0 or 1 per side, lobe apex acute to rounded, margins subentire, crenate, or serrate, veins 3 per side (extending to sinuses and lobes), apex subacute to acute, surfaces usually glabrous, marginal and scattered abaxial hairs, adaxial midvein with long hairs (± dense young). Inflorescences 20–30-flowered; branches glabrous; largely ebracteolate, sometimes a few curved, green stipular bractlets; bracteole margins eglandular or with very few, very small glands. Flowers strong-smelling, 10 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous; stamens 20, anthers pale-yellow; styles 3–5.2n = 34, 51.


Phenology: Flowering Apr; fruiting Sep–Nov.
Habitat: Brush, calcareous substrates
Elevation: 10–500 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Crataegus spathulata is locally common across the southern states from southern Missouri to Virginia south to eastern Texas to Florida.

Mature Crataegus spathulata has very attractive, often honey-colored, exfoliating bark. The illustration herein depicts an atypically large, unusually shaped, herbaceous bracteole.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thin" is not a number."adnate" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
pale-yellow +
subacute;acute +
James B. Phipps +
Michaux +
exfoliating +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
cuneate +
Crataegus sect. Microcarpae +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
spatulate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
coriaceous +
with very few , very small glands +  and eglandular +
membranous;herbaceous +
adnate +  and distinct +
crowded +, scattered +  and alternate +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
not +  and aggregated +
10–500 m +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
strong-smelling +
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 />) +
tomentose +  and glabrous +
Brush, calcareous substrates +
constricted +
crassinucellate +
long-persistent +
entire +  and serrate +
serrate +, crenate +  and subentire +
inferior +  and superior +
biseriate +  and clustered +
collateral +  and basal +
olive green +, pale tan +  and shade darker +
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 Apr +  and fruiting Sep–Nov. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
dark gray-brown +  and russet +
exfoliating +  and corrugated +
bright-orange-red +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
matte +  and glossy +
orbicular +
Man. Cult. Trees ed. +
not arillate +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
appressed +  and erect +
triangular +
1-50-flowered +  and few-leaved +
craspedodromous +
less shallow +  and deep +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
persistent +
distinct +
exsert +  and lateral +
elongate +
glabrous +  and tomentose +
Crataegus spathulata +
Crataegus (sect. Crataegus) ser. Microcarpae +
species +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
straight +
slender +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
craspedodromous +  and gland-tipped +
inconspicuous +
exfoliating +
1 +  and few +
blackish +, dark gray +  and purple-brown +
determinate +
older +  and old +
tree +  and shrub +