Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Lacrimatae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus lepida
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus condigna
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus lepida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus lepida
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus condigna
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus lepida
COMMON NAME:
Pygmy Hawthorn
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus lepida
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus condigna
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus lepida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus lepida
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus condigna
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus lepida
2766
Shrub
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
Habitat: Xeric, sandy soils of open pinelands, wiregrass-dominated roadsides and forest edges, oak-pine scrub, per Weakley's Flora
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with abundant nodal thorns < 3cm long
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 5-10mm, distinctly glandular, sometimes winged for half+ its length
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
Usually 20 stamens (anthers usually white or yellow)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 3-5 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow or orange
Pome
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