Crataegus mollis (Torrey & A. Gray) Scheele var. lanuginosa (Sargent) Lance. Common name: Webb City Hawthorn. Phenology: Late Apr; late Oct. Habitat: Dry, gravelly hills. Distribution: Endemic (so far as is known) to Jasper County, MO. This entity has not been seen in many decades in its type locality and is presumed extirpated; it does survive in cultivation.
ID notes: The broadly ovate, lobed leaves are shorter (3-5 cm) than in the typical var. mollis.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Lance (2014); = Crataegus lanuginosa Sarg. — FNA9; < Crataegus mollis (Torr. & A.Gray) Scheele — Ar. Basionym: Crataegus lanuginosa Sarg. 1903
Links to other floras: = Crataegus lanuginosa - FNA9
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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