Family: Rosaceae
Crataegus monogyna
Citation:
Jacq., Fl. Austr. 3:50 (1775). May.
Synonymy: Mespilus monogyna (Jacq.)All., Fl. Ped. 2:141 (1785); C. oxyacantha L., Sp. Pl. 477 (1753), sp. ambig.
Common name: None
Description:
Spiny shrub or small tree; leaves petiolate, ovate-cuneate, pinnatipartite, with 3-7 divergent lobes, sparsely pubescent.
Flowers fragrant, in corymbs; petals longer than sepals, white or pink.
Carpel with 1 style, developing a bony endocarp, 1-seeded and becoming united with the fleshy hollow receptacle which becomes a small ovoid red fruit 8-10 mm long.
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Image source: fig 236a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Morley & Toelken (1983) Flowering plants in Australia, fig. 90i & k.
Distribution:
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Introduced as an ornamental, now weedy and naturalised.
S.Aust.: NL, SL, SE. N.S.W.; Vic. Native of Europe.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: in late spring, Oct. — Nov.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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