familyRosaceae
subfamilyRosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
genusCrataegus
speciesCrataegus ×sicca
nothovarietySicca
Sicca
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 642.
Shrubs, 20–30 dm. Stems: thorns 3–5 cm. Leaf-blades: lobe apex acute, surfaces sparsely villous young, glabrescent. Inflorescence branches sparsely, sometimes densely, villous. Flowers 18–20 mm diam. Pomes pale orange, strongly pruinose.
Phenology: Flowering Apr; fruiting Sep–Oct.
Habitat: Brush
Elevation: 100–200 m
Discussion
Nothovariety sicca is scattered throughout southern Missouri.
The small size of plant and leaves, with a certain amount of villosity, suggests Crataegus margarettae as one parent; the thorns, flowers, pomes, and leaf shape suggest C. pruinosa var. pruinosa for the other.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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aggregated +
young +
epigynous +
dehiscent +
acute +
cuneate +
green +
coriaceous +
leafy +
absent +
reddish +
caducous +
absent +
numerous +
membranous +
woody +
simple +
lobed +
Mo. +
aggregated +
absent +
absent +
hard +
aggregated +
mature +
fascicles +
determinate +
glabrate +
persistent +
glabrous +
obconic +
constricted +
2mm;6mm +
4-6-flowered +
villous +
axillary +
crassinucellate +
compound +
alternate +
deciduous +
horizontal +
prominent +
dominant +
craspedodromous +
free +
earlier +
absent +
aggregated +
superposed +
monopodial +
corymbose +
domed +
absent +
epigynous +
absent +
1;250 +
exposed +
thin +
pruinose +
pale orange +
deep +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
glabrous +
suborbicular +
Crataegus Missouri, +
1908 +
grooved +
not arillate +
2;1 +
persistent +
patent-reflexed +
triangular +
annual +
absent +
woody +
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eroded +
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Crataegus ×sicca +
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