Crataegus pulcherrima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Section: Crataegus sect. Coccineae
Series: Crataegus ser. Pulcherrimae
Species:
C. pulcherrima
Binomial name
Crataegus pulcherrima
Natural range of C. pulcherrima[1]

Crataegus pulcherrima is a species of Hawthorn native to the southeastern United States. This species and those related to it that are classified in Crataegus series Pulcherrimae have been largely ignored since they were originally described in 1903, but warrant consideration as ornamental cultivated plants.[2]

Description

Crataegus pulcherrima is a shrub or small tree up to about 8 m tall. The leaves are simple and alternately arranged, and have serrated margins with 2-4 lobes. The upper leaf surface is dull green and glabrous. Flowers are white, tinged with pink, 15-25 mm in diameter, appearing mid- to late spring. The fruit is a bright red, 7-14 mm pome, ripening in early autumn, persisting into mid- autumn.[3]

Distribution

Crataegus pulcherrima is native from eastern Mississippi east to Alabama and western Georgia, north to south-central Tennessee and south to the Florida Panhandle. It has been reported in Louisiana and South Carolina.[4] Crataegus pulcherrima occurs naturally in mixed upland hardwood and pine forests, often in rich, sandy soils.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Nelson, Gil; Earle, Christopher; Spellenberg, Richard (2014). Princeton Field Guides Trees of Eastern North America. Princeton, United States: Princeton. ISBN 9780691145914.
  2. ↑ Phipps, J.B.; O’Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Cambridge, U.K.: Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0881925918.
  3. ↑ Nelson, Gil; Earle, Christopher; Spellenberg, Richard (2014). Princeton Field Guides Trees of Eastern North America. Princeton, United States: Princeton. ISBN 9780691145914.
  4. ↑ "USDA Plants Database". plants.usda.gov. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  5. ↑ Nelson, Gil; Earle, Christopher; Spellenberg, Richard (2014). Princeton Field Guides Trees of Eastern North America. Princeton, United States: Princeton. ISBN 9780691145914.


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