Crataegus harbisonii is a rare species of hawthorn. Once common in the Nashville area, its population has been reduced significantly in modern times.[1] It is now currently known only from small populations in Davidson and Obion County, Tennessee.[2][3] This species has been taken into cultivation.[1] It forms a vigorous shrub to 8 m in height with hairy leaves, attractive flowers and round reddish fruit.[4][5]

It is closely related to Crataegus ashei and Crataegus triflora.[4]

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References

  1. ^ a b Lance, R.W.; Phipps, J.B. (2000), "Crataegus harbisonii Beadle rediscovered and amplified", Castanea, 65 (4): 291–6, JSTOR 4034010
  2. ^ James B. Phipps, "Crataegus harbisonii Beadle, Bot. Gaz. 28: 413. 1899", Flora of North America
  3. ^ "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States by Alan Weakley".
  4. ^ a b Phipps, J.B.; O’Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Cambridge, U.K.: Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0881925918.
  5. ^ "Images of wild individual (from bioimages.vanderbilt.edu)". Archived from the original on 2012-10-09. Retrieved 2010-08-29.