Malus halliana

Koehne

Gatt. Pomac., 27. 1890.

Common names: Hall crabapple
Introduced
Synonyms: Malus domestica var. halliana (Koehne) Likhonos Pyrus halliana (Koehne) Voss
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 478. Mentioned on page 472, 473, 477.

Trees, sometimes shrubs, 30–50 (–80) dm. Stems to 35 cm diam.; bark gray, longitudinally fissured at maturity; young branches green and sparsely puberulent, becoming dark purplish brown and glabrous; flowering shoots developing into spurs, 5–10 (–15) mm. Buds purplish brown, ovoid, 4–5 mm, scale margins glabrous or ciliate. Leaves convolute in bud; isomorphic; stipules deciduous, lanceolate, 4–6 mm, apex acuminate; petiole 5–25 mm, glabrescent; blade ovate, elliptic, or narrowly elliptic, 3.5–8 × 2.5–4.5 cm, base cuneate or subrounded, margins unlobed, obtusely serrulate, apex long-acuminate, surfaces glabrous or sometimes puberulous along midveins. Panicles umbellike; peduncles absent; bracteoles absent. Pedicels 20–40 mm, sparsely puberulent. Flowers some trees reportedly andromonoecious, inflorescences with 1 or more staminate flowers or flowers all bisexual, 30–35 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous; sepals triangular-ovate, 3–5 mm, equal to or shorter than tube, apex obtuse, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial tomentose; petals usually more than 5, pink, obovate, 15 mm, claws 1 mm, margins entire, apex rounded; stamens 20–25, 4–6 (–8) mm, anthers white before dehiscence; styles 4 or 5, basally connate, length unknown, slightly longer than stamens, long-tomentose basally. Pomes dark red or purple, pyriform or obovoid, 6–8 mm diam., cores enclosed at apex; sepals deciduous; sclereids sparse to moderate surrounding core. Seeds brown. 2n = 34.


Phenology: Flowering Mar–May; fruiting Sep–Oct.
Habitat: Along streams or slopes
Elevation: 0–1200 m

Discussion

In Japan, cultivated plants of Malus halliana have larger flowers (3.5–5 cm), with sepals sometimes acute at the apex, to 40 stamens, and styles slightly shorter than the stamens (Y. Asami 1927). Further study is required to define the morphologic variation and species boundaries of this taxon.

Malus floribunda Siebold ex Van Houtte is similar to M. halliana; it differs by its anthers yellow before anthesis, leaves sharply serrulate and conduplicate in bud, and pomes impressed at both ends. The geographic origin of M. floribunda is unknown; wild Asian populations have not been documented. It may be of hybrid origin and probably represents a cultivated selection, rather than a natural species.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"long-tomentose" is not a number. "slightly longer" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Malus halliana"
rounded;obtuse;long-acuminate;acuminate +
Elizabeth E. Dickson +
Koehne +
fissured +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
subrounded +  and cuneate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
leathery +  and membranous +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (?) +  and 4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br /> (?) +
linear-lanceolate +  and ovate +
membranous +
brown +, dark purplish +  and green +
glabrous +  and puberulent +
purplish brown +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
adnate +  and connate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
Hall crabapple +
moderate +
N.C. +  and Asia +
not +  and aggregated +
0–1200 m +
homogeneous +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
not +  and aggregated +
not +  and aggregated +
red +, yellow +  and green +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Along streams or slopes +
campanulate +
tomentose +  and not glabrous +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
crassinucellate +
deciduous +
entire +  and serrulate +
inferior +  and superior +
biseriate +  and clustered +
collateral +  and basal +
tomentose +  and glabrous +
umbel-like +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
free +  and distinct +
obovate +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (?) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Flowering Mar–May +  and fruiting Sep–Oct. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
purple +  and dark red +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
obovoid +  and pyriform +
Gatt. Pomac., +
ciliate +  and glabrous +
not arillate +
deciduous +
free +  and distinct +
reflexed +, erect +  and wide spreading +
triangular-ovate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Introduced +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
free +  and distinct +
unequal +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
branched +  and simple +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
lanceolate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
membranous +
deciduous +  and persistent +
basal +, lateral +, subterminal +  and terminal +
tomentose +  and glabrous +
elongate +
puberulous +  and glabrous +
Malus domestica var. halliana +  and Pyrus halliana +
Malus halliana +
species +
tomentose +, puberulent +, villous +, glabrescent +  and glabrous +
inconspicuous +
tree +  and shrub +