A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Last updated 12/5/2020 by David Giblin.
Malus ×dawsoniana Rehder[HC2]
Dawson apple
Publication: Sargent, Trees & Shrubs ii. 23. 1907.
Origin: Escaping from cultivation
selected vouchers: WTU
Notes: A spontaneously occurring hybrid between feral domestic apples and native Malus fusca (Dickson et al. 1991). Collected recently from several counties in western WA. Uncommon in cultivation (Jacobson 1996). First reported wild in WA by Jacobson (2001).
References:
» Revision of the North American and West Indian species of Cuscuta. Illinois Biol. Monogr.6: 93-231.
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
(none)
