Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Lacrimatae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus munda
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Dwarf Hawthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus munda
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Crataegus invicta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus munda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus munda
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:
Crataegus flava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus geniculata
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus invicta
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus munda
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pexa
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus yadkinensis
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Hawthorn, Restful Hawthorn, Neat Hawthorn
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JK Marlow jkm0401d_27
January Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0502a_04
February Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0403n_15
March Greenville County SC
Field
The name geniculata, if could be used, would be morphologically descriptive, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm0503b_04
March Greenville County SC
Field
Leaf buds.
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JK Marlow jkm0504o_05
April Greenville County SC
Field
Flowers are small and in clusters of 1-3, not as conspicuous as the fruits, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm0504o_22
April Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0504o_31
April Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0504o_37
April Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0407y_13
July Greenville County SC
Field
The slender twigs are zigzag and thorny, and ...
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JK Marlow jkm0407y_16
July Greenville County SC
Field
... beset with small cuneate or narrowly obovate leaves, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm0508g_13
August Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0508g_14
August Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0508g_15
August Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0409c_25
September Greenville County SC
Field
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JK Marlow jkm0409c_26
September Greenville County SC
Field
Habit less than 2m tall, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm0410f_29
October Greenville County SC
Field
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Ron Lance rwl20211002
October Oconee County SC
In cultivation
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Ron Lance rwl20211002b
October Oconee County SC
In cultivation
This subglobose fruit is a divergence from C. munda's normal pyriform fruit, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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Ron Lance rwl20211002c
October Oconee County SC
In cultivation
Small predominantly spatulate leaves; slender geniculate twigs; thorns < 3cm, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Ron Lance rwl2024_a2
October GA
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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
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus munda
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus munda
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Crataegus invicta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus munda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus munda
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:
Crataegus flava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus geniculata
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus invicta
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus munda
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pexa
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus yadkinensis
2024
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Mountains, rare in NC) (endemic)
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other xeric or subxeric forests, scrublands, disturbed woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with nodal thorns 1-3cm long
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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