Crataegus erythropoda (Cerro Hawthorn)
Family
ROSACEAE
Common Name
Cerro Hawthorn
Description
Small tree or shrub a 3.0 m in height; branches spiny, the spines purplish-brown and averaging 3.0 to 4.0 cm in length; leaves simple, alternate, broadly elliptic to ovate, not strongly rhombic, 3.0 to 5.0 cm in length and coarsely serrate, but not lobed or only shallowly lobed, the margins somewhat glandular tipped; flower petals 5 and white, stamens 5 to 8, carpels 1 to 5; fruit a red to brown or black pome 7.0 to 8.0 mm in diameter.
Distribution
Thought to occur along streams and in the mountains over the northern part of the state at 1,900 to 2,450 m (6,500 to 8,000 ft) in elevation, some recent collections from the Gila National Forest that were first thought to be C. wootoniana now appear to be C. erythropoda.
Important Literature
Carter, J.L. 1997. Trees and shrubs of New Mexico. Johnson Books, Boulder, Colorado.
Kearney, T.H. and R.H. Peebles. 1951. Arizona Flora. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Martin, W.C. and C.R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico, vols 1-2. J. Cramer, Vaduz.
Weber, W. A. and R. C. Wittmann. 1992. Catalog of the Colorado flora: A biodiversity baseline.
Eggelston, W.W. 1907. Crataegus in New Mexico. Torrey, 7:235-236.
Information Compiled By
Jack Carter 1998
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