Crataegus flava

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Crataegus flava in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Crataegus flava, Ait. Tree, to 20 ft.: branches wide-spreading, with thin nearly straight spines: Lvs. broadly obovate or elliptic, acute or nearly rounded, cuneate at base, coarsely and doubly serrate, on vigorous shoots usually slightly lobed, the teeth tipped with red glands, at maturity puberulous only on the veins below, about 2 in. long; petioles glandular, short: corymbs few-fld., slightly villous; calyx-lobes glandular-serrate; fls. ¾in. across; stamens 20, with purple anthers: fr. ovoid, dark orange-brown, ½in. long, with dry and mealy flesh and 5 stones. April; fr. in Oct. Ga. and Fla. S.S. 13:693.—The true C. flava is not in cult.; the plant now cult, as C. flava is quite different and is apparently not very closely related to this species; it has so far not been found growing wild in E. N. Amer., though it was apparently intro. from the southern states. As it has not yet been determined to which species it belongs, it may be enumerated here as var. lobata, Lindl. Shrub or small tree: Lvs. ovate or obovate, cuneate at the base, acute, crenately serrate and often slightly lobed, at maturity pubescent on the veins beneath, 1-2 in. long: corymbs pubescent, few-fld.: stamens 10: fr. pyriform, green or reddish with hard flesh, and 3-5 stones. B.R. 23:1932, 1939. G.C. III. 27:404.—Tender. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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