Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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Shrub
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common

Look for it in xeric or subxeric forests, scrublands, disturbed woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 5-10mm, distinctly glandular, sometimes winged for half+ its length

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
Usually 20 stamens (anthers usually white or yellow)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 1-3(-5) flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange to dull red
Pome

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Lacrimatae

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
 Crataegus munda   FAMILY Rosaceae

GREATER THAN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Crataegus munda   FAMILY Rosaceae

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 097-20-002?:
 Crataegus flava   FAMILY Rosaceae

GREATER THAN Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
 Crataegus geniculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
 Crataegus munda

 

COMMON NAME:
 Batesburg hawthorn