Crataegus mira

Beadle

Biltmore Bot. Stud. 1: 78. 1902.

EndemicIllustrated
Synonyms: Crataegus alleghaniensis var. mira (Beadle) Lance
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 615. Mentioned on page 612, 616.

Shrubs, 20–30 dm. Stems: twigs ± flexuous, new growth olive green, pubescent, 1-year old reddish-brown, pubescent, older dark gray-brown, glabrous; thorns on twigs straight or recurved, 2-years old dark gray-brown, slender, 3–4 cm. Leaves: petiole length 15–25% blade, winged distally, pubescent, sessile-glandular; blade broadly rhombic-elliptic to ± suborbiculate (at least some, usually), 2–3.5 cm, ± coriaceous, base attenuate, lobes 1–3 per side, more prominent young (anthesis), small, neat, and regular, sinuses shallow, lobe apex ± acute, margins crenate-serrate to serrate, teeth gland-tipped (prominent young), veins 3 or 4 per side, apex acute, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial pilose young, glabrescent. Inflorescences 3–6-flowered; branches glabrous or ± pilose; bracteoles caducous, linear, margins usually stipitate-glandular. Flowers 20–25 mm diam.; hypanthium sparsely pilose or glabrous; sepals narrowly triangular, 5 mm, margins glandular-serrate, midvein sometimes prominent, abaxially sparsely pubescent; stamens 10 or 20, anthers cream or purple; styles 4 or 5. Pomes red or reddish orange, suborbicular, 9–15 mm diam., sparsely hairy; sepals patent-reflexed; pyrenes 4 or 5.


Phenology: Flowering Apr; fruiting Sep–Oct.
Habitat: Open brush
Elevation: 20–200 m

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C.

Discussion

The main range of Crataegus mira is the Florida panhandle to central Georgia, but it extends to the Carolinas and Alabama; the species is locally common.

Crataegus mira is most similar to C. aprica, C. sororia, and especially C. leonensis, but differs from them in its wider and often larger leaves, thinner inflorescence indumentum (than C. sororia), and larger flower size. The illustration depicts an unusually formed sessile-glandular bracteole.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thin" is not a number."winged" is not a number."adnate" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Crataegus mira"
glabrous +, glabrescent +  and hairy +
glabrescent +  and pilose +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
purple +  and cream +
James B. Phipps +
Beadle +
thin-exfoliating +  and corrugated +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
attenuate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
broadly rhombic-elliptic +  and more or less suborbiculate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
coriaceous +
linear +  and narrowly oblong +
rather than pendent +  and spreading +
pilose +  and glabrous +
adnate +  and distinct +
crowded +, scattered +  and alternate +
Ala. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Miss. +, N.C. +  and S.C. +
not +  and aggregated +
20–200 m +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 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 gray-brown +, reddish-brown +  and olive green +
older +, old +  and new +
glabrous +  and pubescent +
Open brush +
glabrous +  and pilose +
constricted +
crassinucellate +
deciduous +
craspedodromous +
stipitate-glandular +
glandular-crenate to glandular-serrate +  and glandular-crenate +
crenate-serrate to serrate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
inferior +  and superior +
biseriate +  and clustered +
collateral +  and basal +
larger +  and reduced +
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 +
Flowering Apr +  and fruiting Sep–Oct. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
dark gray-brown +  and russet +
exfoliating +  and corrugated +
pruinose +
reddish orange +  and red +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
suborbicular +
Biltmore Bot. Stud. +
not arillate +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
patent-reflexed +
triangular +
nonaccrescent +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
1-50-flowered +  and few-leaved +
Endemic +  and Illustrated +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
persistent +
distinct +
exsert +  and lateral +
elongate +
glabrous +  and tomentose +
Crataegus alleghaniensis var. mira +
Crataegus mira +
Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Apricae +
species +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
dark gray-brown +
straight +
slender +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
gland-tipped +
inconspicuous +
less erect +  and oblique +
1 +  and several +
straight +  and flexuous +
determinate +
4 (?) +  and 3 (?) +