Hawthorn-leaved apple
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Hawthorn-leaved apple ( × Malosorbus florentina ) |
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The hawthorn-leaved apple (× Malosorbus florentina ) is a genus bastard from the wood apple ( Malus sylvestris ) and the service tree ( Sorbus torminalis ).
description
The hawthorn-leaved apple is a small, rounded tree . The branches are shaggy and hairy. The leaves are lobed like hawthorns. In autumn they turn orange-scarlet. 2 to 6 flowers are arranged in shaggy, hairy inflorescences. The flowers are 2 inches wide and white. The plant blooms profusely. The fruits have a diameter of 1 centimeter and are broadly elliptical and red. The pulp contains stone cells.
The flowering period extends from May to June.
distribution
The hawthorn-leaved apple is found in Italy , the southern part of the former Yugoslavia , Greece and Turkey . In Central Europe it is rarely used as an ornamental plant in protected locations.
Systematics
The hawthorn-leaved apple ( Malosorbus × florentina (Zucc.) Browicz ) is a cross between wood apple ( Malus sylvestris ) and service tree ( Sorbus torminalis ) and is therefore a bastard of the genus . Its systematic position was unclear for a long time, it was placed among others in the genera Crataegus (as Crataegus florentina Zucc. ), Malus (as Malus florentina (Zucc.) Schneider ) and Sorbus (as Sorbus florentina (Zucc.) Hedlund ).
supporting documents
- Herfried Kutzelnigg : Maloideae . In: Hans. J. Conert et al. a. (Ed.): Gustav Hegi . Illustrated flora of Central Europe. Volume 4 Part 2B: Spermatophyta: Angiospermae: Dicotyledones 2 (3). Rosaceae 2 . Blackwell 1995. ISBN 3-8263-2533-8
