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Crataegus

not marked as a favorite taxon Crataegus fecunda Sargent. Common name: St. Clair Hawthorn. Phenology: Apr; Sep-Oct. Habitat: Rich forests. Distribution: Kentucky, s. Illinois, and Missouri south to ne. Arkansas, along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers

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ID notes: Characteristic are the large (to 8 cm), sharply serrate, mostly obovate leaves, 1-2 cm, glandular petioles, large fruit (13-25 mm) and slightly hairy character of floral parts.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: This is a suspected interserial hybrid involving the Macracanthae and other series, but needing additional analysis. Rare and possibly extinct in the wild, but some cultivated examples are known.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA9, Il, Tn; = Crataegus ×fecunda Sarg. — Lance (2014); < Crataegus crus-galli L. — K4. Basionym: Crataegus fecunda Sarg. 1902

Links to other floras: = Crataegus fecunda - FNA9

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Heliophily ⓘ: 4

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