OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus pulcherrima var. pulcherrima   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key


INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pulcherrima   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database

Crataegus pinetorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Crataegus pulcherrima var. pulcherrima

INCLUDING Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)

Crataegus austrina

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

Crataegus pulcherrima var. pulcherrima

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Crataegus intricata

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

Crataegus abstrusa

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

Crataegus ancisa

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

Crataegus austrina

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

Crataegus lenis

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

Crataegus macilenta

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

Crataegus pinetorum

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

Crataegus pulcherrima

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

Crataegus robur

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

Crataegus tecta

 

COMMON NAME:
Beautiful Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus pulcherrima var. pulcherrima, Beautiful Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_545

        

Cratægus robur

image of Crataegus pulcherrima var. pulcherrima, Beautiful Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlcpulcherrima_1

May        AL

image of Crataegus pulcherrima var. pulcherrima, Beautiful Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlcpulcherrima_2

September        AL

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus pulcherrima var. pulcherrima   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pulcherrima   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Crataegus pinetorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus pulcherrima var. pulcherrima

INCLUDING Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus austrina

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus intricata

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2772

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Hardwood and hardwood-pine forests, ravines, mesic slopes, sometimes locally abundant, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

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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 pink or purple)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 4-12 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow or reddish
Pome

 

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