Crataegus phaenopyrum L. f. (Med.)

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

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'Crataegus phaenopyrum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/crataegus/crataegus-phaenopyrum/). Accessed 2024-03-18.

Common Names

  • Washington Thorn

Synonyms

  • Mespilus phaenopyrum L. f.
  • C. cordata Ait.

Glossary

calyx
(pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
axillary
Situated in an axil.
glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
lustrous
Smooth and shiny.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.

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Credits

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

Recommended citation
'Crataegus phaenopyrum' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/crataegus/crataegus-phaenopyrum/). Accessed 2024-03-18.

An elegant tree up to 30 ft high, with a slender trunk supporting a dense, rounded head of leafy branches; young shoots slender, glabrous; thorns sharp, slender, up to 3 in. long, sometimes branched. Leaves triangular, broadly ovate, heart-shaped or slightly rounded at the base, pointed, often lobed towards the base, sharply toothed; 1 to 3 in. long, 34 to 214 in. wide; of a vivid lustrous green, and glabrous except when first expanded; stalk up 1 in. long. Flowers white, 12 in. across, produced during July in terminal and axillary corymbs 2 to 3 in. wide. Calyx and flower-stalk quite glabrous; stamens twenty; anthers pink; styles two to five. Fruit scarlet, orange-shaped, 14 in. diameter, persisting on the tree until spring.

Native of the south-eastern United States; introduced in 1738. This handsome species is one of the most distinct of all the thorns. It flowers the latest of all the better-known kinds, and its small, bright fruits are beautiful through the winter. The leaves die off in shades of scarlet and orange.


'Fastigiata'

Of columnar habit.