Crataegus viridis var. viridis

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 532. Mentioned on page 534, 535.

Stems: trunk bark light gray, ± exfoliating; 1-year old twigs gray-brown. Leaves: blade broadly lanceolate to narrowly rhombic, 4–7 cm, thin, base usually broadly cuneate, lobes 2 or 3 per side, distinct, sinuses shallow to moderately deep, max LII 15–40%, lobe apex acute to subacute, margins crenate-serrate, teeth 1 mm, venation craspedodromous, veins 4 or 5 per side, apex acute, surfaces glabrous young except abaxially with tufts of hair in vein-axils, glabrescent. Inflorescences: branches glabrous. Flowers: hypanthium glabrous.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Sep–Nov.
Habitat: Moist, fertile, alluvial woodlands, agricultural derivatives of these
Elevation: 10–200 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Md., Miss., Mo., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Variety viridis is widespread and sympatric with the other varieties except var. glabriuscula, with which it shares a diffuse boundary. Reports from Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas need confirmation. Variety viridis grades into var. glabriuscula, var. lanceolata, var. ovata, and Crataegus nitida.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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

0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
ivory +  and cream +
James B. Phipps +
Linnaeus +
thin-exfoliating +  and corrugated +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
cuneate +
Crataegus sect. Virides +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
broadly lanceolate +  and narrowly rhombic +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
subcoriaceous +
linear-filiform +
adnate +  and distinct +
crowded +, scattered +  and alternate +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
not +  and aggregated +
10–200 m +
hard +  and mealy +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 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 />) +
gray +  and redbrown +
older +  and new +
Moist, fertile, alluvial woodlands, agricultural derivatives of these +
constricted +
(3-)10(-50)-flowered +
crassinucellate +
deciduous +
distinct +
craspedodromous +
serrate +  and crenate +
serrate to obscurely +
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 +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–May +  and fruiting Sep–Nov. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
dark gray-brown +  and russet +
exfoliating +  and corrugated +
not pruinose +
yellow +, orange +  and deep red +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
orbicular +
not arillate +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
triangular +
1-50-flowered +  and few-leaved +
shallow +  and moderately deep +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
persistent +
distinct +
exsert +  and lateral +
elongate +
glabrescent +  and glabrous +
Virides +
Crataegus viridis var. viridis +
Crataegus viridis +
variety +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
straight +
slender +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
craspedodromous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
inconspicuous +
whitish to light gray +  and rough +
exfoliating +
less erect +  and oblique +
1 +  and several +
gray-brown +
determinate +
few +  and abundant +
5 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
tree +  and shrub +