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|accepted_name=Malus angustifolia
|accepted_authority=(Aiton) Michaux
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=1: 292. 1803
|year=1803
}}
|common_names=Southern or narrow-leaved crabapple
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Pyrus angustifolia
|authority=Aiton
|publication_title=Hort. Kew.
|publication_place=2: 176. 1789
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Malus coronaria var. angustifolia
|authority=(Aiton) Ponomarenko
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=P. coronaria var. angustifolia
|authority=(Aiton) Wenzig
}}
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae;Malus;Malus angustifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Malus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Malus angustifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 475
|treatment_page=page 474
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> sometimes shrubs, 10–50(–100) dm. <b>Stems</b> 5–25 cm diam.; bark reddish brown to gray, longitudinally fissured with platelike scales; young branches reddish brown, sparsely puberulent, becoming gray or grayish brown, glabrescent; flowering shoots developing as short spurs or spiny thorns, (5–)10–40(–60) mm. <b>Buds</b> reddish brown, ovoid, 1.6 mm, scale margins tomentose. <b>Leaves</b> conduplicate in bud; heteromorphic; stipules deciduous, linear-lanceolate, 2–4(–5) mm, apex acuminate; vigorous shoot leaves: petiole (10–)15–25 mm, villous, sometimes tomentose; blade elliptic, oval, or ovate, sometimes triangular-ovate, (3.5–)4–6(–8) × (1.5–)3–4(–5) cm, base cuneate, sometimes rounded, margins sometimes slightly lobed, crenate, crenate-serrate, serrate, or entire, sometimes doubly serrate, apex rounded, broadly acute, sometimes apiculate, abaxial surface glabrous (villous only on veins), adaxial glabrous; flowering shoot leaves: petiole 3–10(–25) mm, villous, sometimes glabrous; blade elliptic or oblong, sometimes ovate, obovate, or lanceolate, (9–)15–50(–65) × (7–)10–20(–30) mm, base cuneate, sometimes rounded, margins unlobed, crenate, crenate-serrate, or entire, apex rounded (with point or acute), abaxial surface glabrous (veins villous), adaxial glabrous. <b>Panicles</b> corymblike; peduncles absent; bracteoles sometimes persistent, filiform, (1–)3–4(–6) mm. <b>Pedicels</b> (10–)20–30(–40) mm, glabrous, sometimes slightly villous. <b>Flowers</b> 20–30 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous, rarely slightly villous; sepals triangular, (2–)3–4(–5) mm, equal to tube, apex acuminate, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial hoary-tomentose; petals pink, sometimes fading white, oblong to narrowly obovate, (10–)12–16(–22) mm, claws (2–)3 mm, margins entire, sinuate, or fimbriate, apex rounded; stamens 20, (7–)9–12(–14) mm, anthers pink or rose before dehiscence; styles 5, connate basally, (6–)9–12(–15) mm, usually slightly longer than stamens, tomentose in proximal 1/3. <b>Pomes</b> green or yellow-green, subglobose, 10–20(–30) mm diam., cores not enclosed at apex; sepals persistent, erect; sclereids abundant surrounding core. <b>Seeds</b> dark brown. <b>2n</b> = 34 (68).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Feb–)Mar–May; fruiting Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Open woods, thickets, hillsides, stream and lake banks, flood plains, terraces, roadsides, open fields, sandy soil, clay soil
|elevation=10–700 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>The attractive flowers of <i>Malus angustifolia</i> have a pleasant, violetlike odor.</p>
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name=Malus angustifolia
|author=
|authority=(Aiton) Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Malus coronaria var. angustifolia;P. coronaria var. angustifolia
|basionyms=Pyrus angustifolia
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering (Feb–)Mar–May; fruiting Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Open woods, thickets, hillsides, stream and lake banks, flood plains, terraces, roadsides, open fields, sandy soil, clay soil
|elevation=10–700 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=1803
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_800.xml
|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae
|genus=Malus
|species=Malus angustifolia
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