Crataegus monogyna

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Scientific Names

Read about Crataegus monogyna in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Crataegus monogyna, Jacq. (C. Oxyacantha, Hort.). Shrub or tree, to 20 ft., with stout spines: lvs. on rather slender petioles, ovate, 3-7-lobed, lobes with few teeth at the apex, 1-2 in. long: corymbs many-fld., with usually hairy pedicels: fr. oval, with usually 1 stone, ⅓-½ in. high. May, June. Eu. and N. Afr. to Himalayas. Gn. 33, p. 465; 37, p. 467: 40, p. 500; 52, p. 266; 55, p. 452. R.H. 1900, p. 72 (all as C. Oxyacantha).—Many garden forms are cult.; some of the most distinct are the following: Var. punicea, Rehd. Fls. deep red, single. F.S. 15:1509, fig. 1. L.B.C. 14:1363. Var. rosea, Hort. Fls. pink, petals with white claw. Var. albo-plena, Schneid. With white double fls. F.S. 15:1509, fig. 2. Var. rubro-plena, Schneid. With double red fls. F.S. 15:1509, fig. 3. Varieties differing in lys. and habit: Var. laciniata, Loud. Lvs. deeply pinnatifid with incised serrate lobes. Var. pteridifolia, Rehd. (C. Oxyacantha yar. pteridifolia, Loud. Var. filicifolia. Hort.). Similar, but lvs. longer, with narrower and more incised lobes. F.S. 20:2076. Var. ferox, Schneid. (C. Oxyacantha var. ferox Carr. C. Oxyacantha var. horrida, Carr.) Branches with fascicles of numerous stout spines. F.S. 14:1468. G.C. III. 24:13. Var. inermis, Rehd. (C. Oxyacantha inermis, Dauthenay). A spineless form. R.H. 1900, pp. 72, 73. Var. pendula, Loud. With pendulous branches. Gn. 68, p. 288. G.M. 44:827. M.D.G. 1902:25, 26. Var. roseo-pendula, Rehd. (C. Oxyacantha var. pendula rosea, Hort.). A pendulous form, with pink fls. Var. stricta, Loud, (var. pyramidalis, Hort.). Of fastigiate, upright habit. G.C. III. 41:184. M.D.G. 1906:390. Var. semperflorens, Rehd. (var. Britantii, Carr.). Low, graceful shrub, flowering until fall. R.H. 1883, p. 140. Gn. 29, p. 431; 33, p. 465. There are also some varieties with variegated Lvs. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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