Crataegus chrysocarpa Ashe

WHITMAN CO., WASHINGTON, USA
Crataegus chrysocarpa Ashe var. piperi
(Britton) Kruschke Rosaceae
Shrubs 2 m tall, leathery leaves turn
yellowish to orange-reddish; twigs dark
brown; thorns shiny, 20-46 mm; fruit bright
red, hairy, ovate-globose, showy, 8-10 x 10
12 mm w; fruit flesh soft, sweetish, yellow-
orange; 2-4 nutlets/fruit; dry sunny slope,
with Agropyron spicatum, Crataegus
douglasii, elev. 615 m, 46° 53.4’ N, 117°
21.9’ W, T16NR43E Sll, above junction
of Route 26 and Green Hollow Road,
Colfax
Coll. Peter F. Zika 20118 30 August 2004
02732068