NameThatPlant.net: Crataegus pallens

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus pallens FAMILY Rosaceae NEW! Click to go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Pale-fruited Hawthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Crataegus venusta

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus flabellata FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus intricata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pallens

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus prismatica

COMMON NAME:
Pale-fruited Hawthorn, Birmingham Hawthorn, Pale Hawthorn

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image of Crataegus pallens, Pale-fruited Hawthorn, Birmingham Hawthorn, Pale Hawthorn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crpa15_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus pallens FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Crataegus venusta

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus flabellata FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus intricata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pallens

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus prismatica

2770

Shrub
Perennial

Native to North Carolina

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Rare, endemic to the Southern Appalachians of w. NC

Habitat: Slopes and rock outcrops, especially over mafic substrates, per Weakley's Flora

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NEW! Click here to see a range map (and maybe identification notes) from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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 slender to moderately stout nodal thorns > 2cm long

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3-2/3 blade length, ~ partially winged, red sessile glands in spring

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers purple or reddish)
Inferior ovary

Inflorescences of 4-12 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Pome

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