Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Silvicolae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Crataegus iracunda var. iracunda
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
The nominate variety is said to occur statewide and var. populnea only in the mountains. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus iracunda
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Crataegus iracunda
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Crataegus populnea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus iracunda var. iracunda
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus flabellata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus iracunda var. iracunda
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus iracunda var. silvicola
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus iracunda
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus silvicola
COMMON NAME:
Forest Hawthorn, Stolon-bearing Hawthorn
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_crataegus_iracunda
April
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Ron Lance rwlciracunda_1
May McCormick County SC
ID requires a combination of vegetative and floral/fruiting characters, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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Ron Lance rwlciracunda_1b
May McCormick County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_iracunda_bark_1
June
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_iracunda_bark_3
June
Note these stout compound thorns.
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Ron Lance rwl2179_a
September
Typical C. iracunda has hard red fruit with a sessile calyx, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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Ron Lance rwlciracunda_2
October McCormick County SC
Pubescence increases in the southern portions of C. iracunda's range, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Crataegus iracunda var. iracunda
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus iracunda
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Crataegus iracunda
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Crataegus populnea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus iracunda var. iracunda
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus flabellata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus iracunda var. iracunda
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus iracunda var. silvicola
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus iracunda
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus silvicola
2179
Tree
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (sometimes locally abundant)
Habitat: swamps, bottomlands, moist slopes, wooded hills, overall uncommon but sometimes locally abundant, per Weakley's Flora
NEW! Click here to see a range map (and maybe identification notes) from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with moderately stout nodal thorns (> 3cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3-2/3 length of blade, eglandular or slightly glandular esp in spring
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5-10 stamens (anthers pink or purplish)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 3-12 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dull red or partially greenish
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US p175
- 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