Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Triflorae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus ashei
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus harbisonii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus ashei
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus ashei
SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus ashei
COMMON NAME:
Ashe Hawthorn
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_547
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Sam Pratt sbp041920_0930
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Often erroneously combined with Harbison hawthorn in synonymy, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Sam Pratt sbp041920_0931
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Inflorescence 3-10 flowered, stamens 20, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Ron Lance rwl2163_a
October
Leaves broadly elliptic to slightly obovate, unlobed, dentate-serrate, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus ashei
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus harbisonii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus ashei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus ashei
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus ashei
2756
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Prairies, hardwood forests, pine-hardwood flats, especially over calcareous clay soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native: west of Georgia
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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 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
Bisexual
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 (Lance, 2014) p326
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p125
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