2763

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon

Look for it in hardwood and pine-oak forests of hills and valleys, brushy lands, per Weakley's Flora

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed w rather slender to moderately stout nodal thorns (> 3cm long, 1.5-3mm dia

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles partially winged (unwinged portion less than 1/4 length of blade)

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
Usually 20 (10-20) stamens (anthers whitish)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 5-25 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Greenish/red blotched to red
Pome

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US p374
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p124

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

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

INCLUDING Flora of North America
Crataegus collina var. collina

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-006?:
Crataegus punctata   FAMILY Rosaceae