Crataegus levis

Sargent

Rhodora 7: 198. 1905.

Endemic
Synonyms: Crataegus laetans Sargent C. milleri Sargent
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 571. Mentioned on page 568, 570.

Shrubs, 30–50 dm. Stems: twigs: new growth reddish, glabrous, 1-year old brown, older dark to paler gray; thorns on twigs straight to recurved, 2-years old shiny dark-brown, ± slender, 3–5 cm. Leaves: petiole 1.5–3 cm, pubescence not recorded, eglandular or sparsely glandular; blade ovate, 3–6 cm, very thin, base rounded or broadly cuneate, lobes 3 or 4 (or 5) per side, sinuses deep, angled, lobe apex at least proximal, not aligned, usually acuminate, margins serrate, proximal teeth gland-tipped, veins 4 or 5 per side, apex acute, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial short-pubescent young, soon glabrescent. Inflorescences 5–8-flowered; branches glabrous; bracteoles absent or few, margins glandular. Flowers 15–17 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous; sepals basally broadly triangular (lamina nearly linear), 6 mm, margins entire, abaxially glabrous; stamens 10, anthers rose-red; styles 4. Pomes red, ± pyriform, 8–10 mm diam., flesh hard; sepals spreading; pyrenes 4, dorsally grooved.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Sep–Oct.
Habitat: Open woods, brush
Elevation: 50–300 m

Distribution

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Mass., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa.

Discussion

Crataegus levis ranges from the southern Great Lakes area to southern New England, to Ohio, Pennsylvania, and in mountains to North Carolina.

Crataegus levis is often confused with the C. compta form of C. populnea; that taxon usually has slightly larger, more coriaceous leaves, with less acute lobes than C. levis. Crataegus levis is possibly a hybrid of C. macrosperma × C. pruinosa.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Crataegus levis"
glabrescent +  and short-pubescent +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
James B. Phipps +
Sargent +
orangebrown +
thin-exfoliating +  and corrugated +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
cuneate +  and rounded +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
chartaceous +  and subcoriaceous +
adnate +  and distinct +
crowded +, scattered +  and alternate +
Mass. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +  and Pa. +
not +  and aggregated +
50–300 m +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 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 />) +
dark to paler gray +, brown +  and reddish +
older +, old +  and new +
Open woods, brush +
constricted +
crassinucellate +
deciduous +
entire +  and serrate +
subentire or +  and shallowly moderately glandular-serrate +
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 +
sessile-glandular +  and glandular +
glandular +  and not eglandular +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–May +  and fruiting Sep–Oct. +
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 />) +
pyriform +
not arillate +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
triangular +
nonaccrescent +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (?) +
1-50-flowered +  and few-leaved +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
persistent +
distinct +
exsert +  and lateral +
elongate +
glabrous +  and tomentose +
Crataegus laetans +  and C. milleri +
Crataegus levis +
Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Populneae +
species +
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 /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
craspedodromous +
inconspicuous +
less erect +  and oblique +
1 +  and several +
dark to paler gray +
straight +
determinate +
5 (?) +  and 4 (?) +