Crataegus coccinea

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 476. 1753.

Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 559. Mentioned on page 557, 558.

Shrubs or trees, 70–80 (–120) dm. Stems: twigs: new growth greenish, glabrous or slightly hairy; thorns on twigs straight to recurved, ± stout, 2–4 cm. Leaves: petiole length 30–40% blade, glabrate to densely hairy, glandular or eglandular; blade ovate or broadly elliptic to elliptic-ovate, (4–) 5–8 cm, base broadly cuneate to subtruncate, rarely slightly cordate, lobe apex acute, margins serrate, sometimes doubly serrate, teeth 2 mm, adaxial surface usually densely scabrous young. Inflorescences: branches sparsely to densely pubescent. Flowers: hypanthium glabrous or densely pubescent; stamens (5–) 8–10 (–20), anthers pink to rose-purple. Pomes usually bright red, suborbicular to oblong, 10–14 mm, often sparsely pubescent (especially at ends); sepals spreading or missing.

Distribution

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Ont., Que., Conn., Ill., Ind., Maine, Mass., Md., Mich., Minn., N.C., N.H., N.Y., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Va., Vt., W.Va., Wis., in Europe

Discussion

Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).

Crataegus coccinea is found from extreme southeastern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois through the southern Great Lakes area to coastal Maine, and in the Appalachians at higher altitudes to North Carolina; it is common in the north of its range.

Crataegus coccinea varies in leaf shape and planeness and in fruit shape. In some areas, more or less pure populations of the different variants occur. It is easiest to group the variation around two relatively strongly marked varieties with ten or fewer stamens, vars. coccinea and pringlei, between which intermediates are common, and the 20-stamen var. fulleriana.

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Leaf blades (elongate), ovate (length/width = 1.4–1.5), 5–8 cm (widest in proximal 1/3), plane, lobe sinuses deep, bases broadly cuneate to truncate, rarely slightly cordate; pomes usually suborbicular. Crataegus coccinea var. coccinea
1 Leaf blades broadly elliptic to elliptic-ovate (length/width = 1.2), 4–7 cm, plane or concavo-convex, lobe sinuses often shallow, bases rounded to broadly cuneate; pomes usually oblong or suborbicular > 2
2 Stamens 8–10; leaf blades conspicuously concavo-convex; pomes usually oblong. Crataegus coccinea var. pringlei
2 Stamens 20; leaf blades usually plane, rarely concavo-convex; pomes usually suborbicular. Crataegus coccinea var. fulleriana

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... more about "Crataegus coccinea"
appressed-pubescent +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
pink +  and rose-purple +
acute;subacute +
James B. Phipps +
Linnaeus +
orangebrown +
thin-exfoliating +  and corrugated +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
cordate +, broadly cuneate +  and subtruncate +
Crataegus sect. Coccineae +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
bright green +
broadly elliptic +  and elliptic-ovate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
coriaceous +
adnate +  and distinct +
crowded +, scattered +  and alternate +
Ont. +, Que. +, Conn. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, N.C. +, N.H. +, N.Y. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Va. +, Vt. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +  and in Europe +
not +  and aggregated +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 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 />) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
constricted +
crassinucellate +
deciduous +
short-stipitate-glandular +
serrate +  and crenate +
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 +
eglandular +  and glandular +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
dark gray-brown +  and russet +
exfoliating +  and corrugated +
pruinose +
bright red +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
suborbicular +  and oblong +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
not arillate +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
missing +  and spreading +
triangular +
nonaccrescent +
1-50-flowered +  and few-leaved +
shallow +  and more or less deep +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
persistent +
distinct +
exsert +  and lateral +
elongate +
glabrous +  and tomentose +
Lobulatae +
Crataegus coccinea +
Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Coccineae +
species +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
brown +  and dark blackish +
straight +
slender +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
craspedodromous +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
inconspicuous +
exfoliating +
less erect +  and oblique +
1 +  and several +
straight +
determinate +
few +  and numerous +
5 (?) +  and 7 (?) +
tree +  and shrub +