Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Tenuifoliae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus schuettei
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Schuette's Hawthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus schuettei
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus schuettei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus schuettei
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004:
Crataegus flabellata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus basilica
COMMON NAME:
Schuette's Hawthorn
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cral8_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060429_191
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
20 stamens and glandular-serrate calyx lobes the chief diagnostic features, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm060429_192
April Clay County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Tusquitee Ranger District
Inflorescence glabrous, flowering when leaves are about half grown, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm150814_751
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Persistent stamen filaments can often be counted even on mature fruit, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm150814_752
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Leaves ovate to deltate and often mistaken for C. macrosperma, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm150814_753
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
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JK Marlow jkm150814_755
August Jackson County NC
Whiteside Mountain
Closely related to C. macrosperma Ashe, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Ron Lance rwlc_schuettei
September-October Macon County NC
Fruits subglobose to oblong, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus schuettei
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus schuettei
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus schuettei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus schuettei
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004:
Crataegus flabellata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus basilica
2092
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Uncommon (sometimes locally abundant)
Look for it in mesic hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with moderately stout nodal thorns (> 2cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3-2/3 length of blade, eglandular or remotely glandular in spring
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
15-20 stamens (anthers pink or red)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 3-12 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US p153
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p077?
- Trees of the Southeastern United States p292?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p118?
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p124