Acer campestre, L.

3. A. campestre L. , Sp. Pl. 1055 (1753).

Shrub or small tree up to 20(-25) m. Leaves 4-7 cm, obtusely 3- to 5-lobed, ciliate, often thick in texture, sometimes subcoriaceous. Flowers few,

greenish, in erect, pubescent corymbs, opening with the leaves. Fruit usually pubescent, sometimes glabrous ( var. leiocarpum (Opiz) Walk. ), with horizontal wings. Most o f Europe from N. England, S. Sweden and C. Russia southwards, but rare in the Mediterranean region; planted for hedges or ornament and occasionally naturalized. Al Au Be Br Bu Co Cz Da Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (C, W, K) Sa Si Su Tu [Hb]. Variable, especially in S.E. Europe, where some of the variation may result from hybridization with 13 and 14. Such plants, with 3 triangular, acute, entire leaf-lobes, have been recorded from Jugoslavia, Hungary and Romania, as subsp. marsicum (Guss.) Hayek , Prodr. FI. Penins. Balcan. 1: 606 (1925).