Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Rotundifoliae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus margaretiae var. margaretiae
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus chrysocarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus margarettae var. margarettae
(?)
PLANTS National Database
Crataegus margarettiae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus margarettae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Crataegus chrysocarpa
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus margaretta var. margaretta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus margaretta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus margaretta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Crataegus margarettiae var. margarettiae
COMMON NAME:
Margaret's Hawthorn, Fireberry Hawthorn
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crch_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crma4_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus margaretiae var. margaretiae
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus chrysocarpa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus margarettae var. margarettae
(?)
PLANTS National Database
Crataegus margarettiae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus margarettae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Crataegus chrysocarpa
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus margaretta var. margaretta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus margaretta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus margaretta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Crataegus margarettiae var. margarettiae
2767
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Native: north of the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - - -
Rare
Look for it in mesic hardwood forests, streamside thickets, pastures, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed w rather slender to moderately stout nodal thorns (> 3cm long, 1.5-3mm dia
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles slender, 1/3-3/4 length of blade, eglandular or slightly glandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers whitish)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 4-15 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellowish 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 p191
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p124