2769

Tree
Perennial

Native to Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Rare in our area

Look for it in mesic forests, alluvial forests, wooded uplands over basic or calcareous soils, per Weakley's Flora

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with moderately stout nodal thorns (> 2cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles rather stout, 1/3-2/3 length of blade, eglandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers white or yellow, rarely pink to red)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 8-15 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 p119
• Landscaping with Native Trees p098
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p077
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p123

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Crataegus mollis var. mollis   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus mollis   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Crataegus meridionalis

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