Crataegus coccinioides Ashe

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Crataegus coccinioides' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/crataegus/crataegus-coccinioides/). Accessed 2024-03-19.

Glossary

glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
glandular
Bearing glands.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.
truncate
Appearing as if cut off.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Crataegus coccinioides' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/crataegus/crataegus-coccinioides/). Accessed 2024-03-19.

A round-headed tree to about 25 ft high, or a large shrub, with dark purple thorns 112 to 2 in. long. Leaves triangular to ovate, truncate, rounded to slightly heart-shaped at the base, 2 to 212 in. long and slightly less wide, with four to five pairs of pointed lobes, margins set with glandular teeth; they are rather thin, yellowish green, and almost glabrous even when young. Flowers 34 in. wide, four to seven together in compact clusters; sepals with glandular teeth; stamens twenty, with red anthers. Fruit roundish, flattened at both ends, 35 in. across, juicy and bright red, with five nutlets.

A native of the Mississippi basin; introduced in 1883. According to Sargent, wild trees colour orange and scarlet in the autumn.


C dilatata Sarg.

Synonyms
C. coccinioides var. dilatata (Sarg.) Eggl

A tree up to 20 ft high, the leaves broadly ovate with an often rounded or cordate base, doubly toothed, glabrous when mature, 2{1/2} in. long, almost as wide. Flowers white, large and as much as 1{1/8} in. wide; stamens twenty with rose-coloured anthers; styles usually five; flower-stalks hairy. Fruits nearly globose, bright scarlet, about {3/4} in. wide, ripening and falling early. Native of E. Canada and the eastern United States.