Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Mespilus
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus germanica
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mespilus germanica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
European Medlar
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Sam Pratt sbp_1734
May Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Flowers 3-5cm wide, petals notched; anthers reddish, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Sam Pratt sbp052921_img2
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Leaf blades mostly oblong-elliptic, unlobed; margins unlobed, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Sam Pratt sbp052921_img3
May Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm130614_241
June Spartanburg County SC
The open end of the hypanthium in Medlar fruit exposes the 5 pyrenes, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm130614_246
June Spartanburg County SC
Calyx lobes foliaceous on fruit, calyx collar open, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Sam Pratt sbp_2122
October Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Medlar fruit is anatomically the same as hawthorn's, but larger and with an obvious open end, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm211118_5072
November Spartanburg County SC
The obscure line between over-ripe and rotted is said to be the target stage for best flavor, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus germanica
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mespilus germanica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
3566
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Non-native: Eurasia
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with nodal thorns
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Leaf blades mostly oblong-elliptic, unlobed
Margins entire or remotely toothed
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
30-40 stamens (anthers reddish)
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Fall
Brown
Pome
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