Malus sargentii

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Malus sargentii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Pyrus Sargentii, Bean (Malus Sargentii, Rehd.). A low bush, much branched, the branches rigid and often spinescent: lvs. ovate to elliptic-oblong or ovate- oblong, about 2-3 in. long, sharply and unequally serrate, slender-petioled, those on the vigorous branches mostly ovate and 3-lobed: fls. pure white, 1 in. across, in 5- or 6-fld. clusters, on glabrous pedicels about 1 in. long; calyx-tube and lobes glabrous outside and villous inside, the lobes ovate-lanceolate and acuminate; petals about twice as long as calyx-lobes, oval, short-clawed, glabrous; stamens 15-20; styles usually 4 (rarely 3 or 5), connate and villous below the middle: fr. subglobose, 1/2in. or less diam., dark red with a slight bloom. Japan. S.T.S. 1:37. G.C. III. 57:291 (as P. Malus Sargentii); 58:309 (fr.). G.M. 58:278. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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