Fleshy Hawthorn - Crataegus macracantha
Other Names:
Crataegus succulenta [in part], Crataegus phippsii
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4?
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Shrub 2–6 m. Stems purplish-brown, becoming gray; thorns 3–5 cm long [3-7(-11) (Phipps
in Flora of North America 2014)], curved. Leaf blades ovate, 2–5 cm long, serrate, mostly unlobed, sparsely hairy above, glabrous beneath. Inflorescence 10- to 15-flowered, villous. Flowers: hypanthium villous; sepals 3–4 mm long, glandular-dentate; petals 6–8 mm long; stamens 10; styles 2 to 4. Pome 7–10 mm wide, red, pubescent (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus vagans,
Bombus auricomus,
Bombus melanopygus,
Bombus mixtus,
Bombus nevadensis,
Bombus pensylvanicus,
Bombus bimaculatus,
Bombus griseocollis, and
Bombus impatiens (Macior 1968, Thorp et al. 1983, Colla and Dumesh 2010).