2756

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Native: west of Georgia

Documented growing wild in - - -

Uncommon

Look for it in prairies, hardwood forests, pine-hardwood flats, esp over calcareous clay soils, per Weakley's Flora

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with stout nodal thorns (> 3cm long, 3-4mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles distinctly stipitate-glandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers white or yellow)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 3-10 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 p326
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p125

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Triflorae

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Crataegus ashei   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus harbisonii   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Crataegus ashei

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus ashei