Rosaceae

P. spinosa L., Sp. PI. 475 (1753).
subsp. dasyphylla (Schur) Domin in Bull. Intern. Ac. tchèque Sci. 54, 27:15 (1944). Syn: P. spinosa L. var. dasyphylla Schur, Enum. PL Transs. 178 (1866). Map 5. p. 7.
Spiny shrubs or small trees; twigs pubescent. Leaves up to 5 x 2.5 cm, obovate to elliptic, crenate-serrate, glabrescent above, persistently pubescent beneath. Petioles up to c. 1 cm. Flowers white, l(-2), appearing before the leaves, c. 1.5 cm diam.; pedicels up to 1 cm, pubescent; sepals ciliate, glabrous to pubescent. Drupes erect, globose, 10-15 mm diam., bluish-black pruinose, flesh green, sour; stone adherent to pericarp, smooth or slightly scabrous. Fl. 3-4. In scrub and forest remnants, s. 1.-1700 m.
Described from Europe (Hb. Cliff.).
N. Turkey, W., C. & S. Anatolia, Islands. A1(E) Edirne: nr. Uzunköprü, A. Baytop 14139 ! A1(A) Çanakkale: Renkoei (Erenköy), nr. Ophrynium, Sint. 1883:272! A2(A) Kocaeli: Izmit, 1 m, D. 26247 ! A3 Zonguldak: Zonguldak to Çaycuma, 450 m, D. 37655 ! A4 Ankara: nr. Çubuk Dam, M. Zohary 50913 ! A5 Sinop: Sinop, 50 m, D. 38104! A6 Amasya: 10 km E. of Taşova, 320 m, Plitm. 97013 ! A9 Kars: nr. Kağizman (Grossheim 5: map 163). Bl Balikesir: Mt. Ida (Kaz Da.), Köprü Da., Sint. 1883:442! B2 Manisa: Demirci, M. & D. Zohary 67/1 ! B3 Kütahya: 6-8 km E. of Inönü, 900 m, D. 42111c ! B4 Ankara: Çankaya (nr. Ankara), Görz 52 ! B6 Sivas: Sivas to Tatliçak, 1350 m, Tobey 1689 ! C5 Adana: Dorak, 100 m, Siehe 1913: 319 ! Is: Samos, Runemark & Snogerup 19889.
Europe, N.W. Africa, Caucasia, N.W. Iran. Euro-Sib, element. A variable species especially in the pubescence of its leaves, shoots and pedicels, with several infraspecific taxa described (see Domin, op. cit.). Records from C6 Hatay: 'Amanus Mts.', G. Post and from C8 Mardin: Mardin (fide Mout., Nouv. Fl. Lib. Syr. 2:200, 1970) may be referable to P. divaricata subsp. ursina. Subsp. spinosa, a European taxon, differs in having glabrous shoots and leaves.