Species Information
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Anthophyta
Class: Dicotyledoneae
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus
Species: wootoniana
Wooton's Hawthorn - Crataegus wootoniana
Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants
275851
Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Small tree or shrub to 3 m tall; branches thorny, the thorns purplish brown, 3-4 cm in length; leaves simple, alternate and rhombic in outline, margins with 3-4 broad lobes on each side of the upper two-thirds of the leaf, these lobes with fine marginal teeth that are not strongly glandular-tipped; flowers with 5 white petals and 5-8 stamens, carpels 1-5, hard and bone-like with each enclosing 1 nutlet; fruit a pome. Flowers April to June.
Status
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 9
Number of Mapped Locations: 24
Number of Observations: 32
Observation date range: 05-22-1899 to 07-29-2015
External Links
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NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)