Crataegus wattiana
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
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'Crataegus wattiana' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Synonyms
- C. korolkowii L. Henry
Infraspecifics
Other taxa in genus
- Crataegus ambigua
- Crataegus apiifolia
- Crataegus aprica
- Crataegus azarolus
- Crataegus baroussana
- Crataegus brachyacantha
- Crataegus chlorosarca
- Crataegus chrysocarpa
- Crataegus chungtienensis
- Crataegus coccinioides
- Crataegus crus-galli
- Crataegus cuneata
- Crataegus × dippeliana
- Crataegus douglasii
- Crataegus dsungarica
- Crataegus durobrivensis
- Crataegus flabellata
- Crataegus flava
- Crataegus henryi
- Crataegus heterophylla
- Crataegus intricata
- Crataegus jozana
- Crataegus laevigata
- Crataegus × lavallei
- Crataegus macracantha
- Crataegus marshallii
- Crataegus mexicana
- Crataegus meyeri
- Crataegus mollis
- Crataegus monogyna
- Crataegus nigra
- Crataegus oliveriana
- Crataegus orientalis
- Crataegus oxyacantha
- Crataegus pedicellata
- Crataegus pentagyna
- Crataegus phaenopyrum
- Crataegus pinnatifida
- Crataegus pruinosa
- Crataegus prunifolia
- Crataegus pseudoheterophylla
- Crataegus punctata
- Crataegus sanguinea
- Crataegus spathulata
- Crataegus stipulacea
- Crataegus succulenta
- Crataegus tanacetifolia
- Crataegus tomentosa
- Crataegus uniflora
- Crataegus viridis
- Crataegus wilsonii
A small tree, glabrous in all its parts, with lustrous, red-brown branchlets. Leaves ovate, 2 to 4 in. long and nearly as much wide, wedge-shaped or rounded at the base, lobed about half-way to the midrib and margined with short, triangular teeth. Flower-clusters about 3 in. across; stamens usually twenty, with pale yellow anthers. Fruit yellow to orange, roundish, about 1⁄2 in. wide, ripening in August but soon falling. Bot. Mag., t. 8818.
A native of Central Asia from the Altai Mountains to Baluchistan. It is an attractive species, showy in flower and fruit; the glossy-green leaves are among the largest in the genus.
C altaica (Loud.) Lange
Synonyms
C. purpurea var. altaica Loud