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Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)

Crataegus germanica


PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mespilus germanica   FAMILY Rosaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
European Medlar


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image of Crataegus germanica, European Medlar

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).

image of Crataegus germanica, European Medlar

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).

image of Crataegus germanica, European Medlar

Sam Pratt    sbp052921_img3

May    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Crataegus germanica, European Medlar

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).

image of Crataegus germanica, European Medlar

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).

image of Crataegus germanica, European Medlar

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).

image of Crataegus germanica, European Medlar

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3566

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Non-native: Eurasia

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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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