View source for Crataegus brittonii

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|accepted_name=Crataegus brittonii
|accepted_authority=Eggleston
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=36: 640. 1909
|year=1909
}}
|common_names=Britton hawthorn
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Crataegus uniflora var. brittonii
|authority=(Eggleston) Lance
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae;Crataegus;Crataegus sect. Coccineae;Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Parvifoliae;Crataegus brittonii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Crataegus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Crataegus sect. Coccineae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>series</small>[[Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Parvifoliae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Crataegus brittonii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 605, 607
|treatment_page=page 606
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> slender, 30–40 dm. <b>Stems</b>: 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. <b>Leaves</b>: 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. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2–6-flowered; branches densely pubescent; bracteoles type 2. <b>Flowers</b> 14–18 mm diam.; hypanthium densely pubescent; sepals foliaceous, at least as long as petals, adaxially pubescent; anthers ivory; styles 3–5. <b>Pomes</b> red or ruddy, sometimes becoming dull brown, 14 mm, pubescent; sepals reflexed; pyrenes 3–5.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Sep–Nov.
|habitat=Brush
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;N.C.;Tenn.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Crataegus brittonii</i> is a rare species with a scattered distribution.</p><!--
--><p>For a discussion of the possibly synonymous but untypified pink-anthered <i>Crataegus</i> rhodella Ashe and <i>C. arenicola</i> Ashe see J. B. Phipps and K. A. Dvorsky (2006).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Crataegus brittonii
|authority=Eggleston
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
|synonyms=Crataegus uniflora var. brittonii
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Sep–Nov.
|habitat=Brush
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ga.;N.C.;Tenn.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1909
|special status=Conservation concern;Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_1042.xml
|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae
|genus=Crataegus
|section=Crataegus sect. Coccineae
|series=Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Parvifoliae
|species=Crataegus brittonii
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