Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Brevispinae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus brachyacantha
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus brachyacantha
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus brachyacantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus brachyacantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus brachyacantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus brachyacantha
COMMON NAME:
Blueberry Hawthorn
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Ron Lance rwl2169_a
September
The only eastern hawthorn with black fruit, looking blue due to a waxy bloom, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus brachyacantha
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus brachyacantha
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus brachyacantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus brachyacantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus brachyacantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus brachyacantha
2169
Tree
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Rare (one historic record in sw. GA)
Habitat: Oak flatwoods, bottomland forests, margins of prairies and saline barrens, pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with short moderately stout nodal thorns (< 2cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles winged to near base (any unwinged portion <5mm), eglandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
15-20 stamens (anthers yellow)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 8-15 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black appearing blue due to waxy bloom
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US p407
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p120