Crataegus spes-aestatum J.B.Phipps. Common name: Hope-of-Summers. Phenology: Apr; Sep-Oct. Habitat: Open woodlands, thickets, streambanks. Distribution: S. IL to s. MO, historically near the Mississippi River.
ID notes: The spring growth is densely pubescent or canescent and leaves are rhombic-elliptic and sharply serrate.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: This ambiguous taxon is poorly known and represented by few collections. It is suspected of being of interserial hybrid origin involving Crataegus collina, but needs further analysis.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA9; = Crataegus ×spes-aestatum J.B.Phipps — Lance (2014); = n/a — Il; < Crataegus viridis L. — K4; < Crataegus viridis L. var. viridis. Basionym: Crataegus spes-aestatum J.B.Phipps 2006
Links to other floras: = Crataegus spes-aestatum - FNA9
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