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

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



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

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JK Marlow    jkm0401d_27

January    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0502a_04

February    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0403n_15

March    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0503b_04

March    Greenville County    SC

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Leaf buds

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JK Marlow    jkm0504b_21

April    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0504n_37

April    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0504o_05

April    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0504o_07

April    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0504o_11

April    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0504o_22

April    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0504o_31

April    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0504o_37

April    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0407y_13

July    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0407y_16

July    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0508g_13

August    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0508g_14

August    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0508g_15

August    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0409c_22

September    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0409c_25

September    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0409c_26

September    Greenville County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm0410f_29

October    Greenville County    SC

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Ron Lance    rwl2024_a

October        GA

Crataegus geniculata

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Ron Lance    rwl2024_a2

October        GA

Crataegus geniculata

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Ron Lance    rwlc_munda

Month Unknown    Rabun County    GA

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Ron Lance    rwlc_munda_b

Month Unknown    Rabun County    GA