Crataegus brittonii

Eggleston

Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 640. 1909.

Common names: Britton hawthorn
Conservation concernEndemic
Synonyms: Crataegus uniflora var. brittonii (Eggleston) Lance
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 606. Mentioned on page 605, 607.

Shrubs, slender, 30–40 dm. Stems: twigs: new growth pubescent, 1-year old gray-brown, ± shiny, glabrous, older gray; thorns on twigs often numerous, ± straight to slightly recurved, 1-year old blackish, ± slender, 3–5 cm. Leaves: petiole 3–6 mm, flared distally, pubescent, glandularity not recorded; blade elliptic-rhombic to broadly elliptic-rhombic, 2–3.5 cm (usually widest near middle), length/width = 1.3 or wider, base broadly cuneate, lobes 0, or 1(or 2) per side, margins crenate-serrate, teeth caducous, gland-tipped, venation ± craspedodromous, veins 3 or 4 per side, apex rounded to subacute, abaxial surface pale green, soft pubescent, indumentum variably persistent with age, adaxial dark green, appressed-pubescent. Inflorescences 2–6-flowered; branches densely pubescent; bracteoles type 2. Flowers 14–18 mm diam.; hypanthium densely pubescent; sepals foliaceous, at least as long as petals, adaxially pubescent; anthers ivory; styles 3–5. Pomes red or ruddy, sometimes becoming dull brown, 14 mm, pubescent; sepals reflexed; pyrenes 3–5.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Sep–Nov.
Habitat: Brush
Elevation: 0–200 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Crataegus brittonii is a rare species with a scattered distribution.

For a discussion of the possibly synonymous but untypified pink-anthered Crataegus rhodella Ashe and C. arenicola Ashe see J. B. Phipps and K. A. Dvorsky (2006).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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James B. Phipps +
Eggleston +
Crataegus sect. Parvifoliae +
Britton hawthorn +
Ala. +, Ga. +, N.C. +  and Tenn. +
0–200 m +
Brush +
Flowering Apr–May +  and fruiting Sep–Nov. +
Bull. Torrey Bot. Club +
Conservation concern +  and Endemic +
Crataegus uniflora var. brittonii +
Crataegus brittonii +
Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Parvifoliae +
species +