Crataegus margaretiae W.W. Ashe var. margaretiae. Common name: Margaret's Hawthorn. Phenology: Apr-May; Sep-Oct. Habitat: Mesic hardwood forests, streamside thickets, pastures. Distribution: PA west to WI, IA, south to w. VA, MO {TN, w. VA}.
ID notes: This species is distinctive in its widely obovate to nearly orbicular leaves with obtuse lobes, petioles often as long as the blade.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Crataegus margaretta Ashe — S, S13, Tn, Lance (2014); = Crataegus margarettae Ashe var. margarettae — FNA9; = Crataegus margarettiae Ashe var. margarettiae; < Crataegus chrysocarpa Ashe — C, Pa; > Crataegus chrysocarpa Ashe; ? Crataegus margaretta Ashe — Mi; > Crataegus margaretta Ashe var. brownei — G, (orthographic variant); > Crataegus margaretta Ashe var. brownii (Britton) Sarg. — F; > Crataegus margaretta Ashe var. margaretta — F, G; > Crataegus margarettiae Ashe — Il, orthographic variant. Basionym: Crataegus margaretta Ashe 1899 [1900]
Links to other floras: = Crataegus margarettae var. margarettae - FNA9
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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