Crataegus monogyna subsp. monogyna

(b) Subsp. monogyna View in CoL :

Leaves 25-35 x 25-35 mm, obovate, deeply 3(-5)-lobed, slightly coriaceous, light green beneath, glabrescent; petiole 5-15 mm; hypanthium glabrous (rarely with a few scattered hairs); fruit 6-9 x 5-7 mm, dark red, globose- urceolate. Submontane. From France to S. Ukraine.

C. x degenii Zsäk , Bot. Közl. 32: 191 (1935) ( C. monogyna x nigra ), found in E.C. Europe, is like 14(b) but has sparsely lanate twigs with few spines, leaves sparsely pubescent above and more or less lanate beneath, at least near the mid-vein, 5-9 unevenly serrate lobes, usually 2-3 styles and a subglobose, brownish fruit.