Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Apricae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus sororia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus sororia
INCLUDING
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus orbiculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus sororia var. sororia
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:
Crataegus flava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus consanguinea
INCLUDING
-
Crataegus leonensis
COMMON NAME:
Sister Hawthorn
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Ron Lance rwlc_sororia
September Etowah County AL
Terminal shoot leaves are regularly suborbicular, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus sororia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus sororia
INCLUDING
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus orbiculata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus sororia var. sororia
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:
Crataegus flava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus consanguinea
INCLUDING
-
Crataegus leonensis
2784
Tree
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Uncommon (rare in SC Coastal Plain), endemic
Look for it in upland disturbed forests, scrublands, roadsides, 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 with slender to moderately stout nodal thorns > 2cm long
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 8-20mm, distinctly black-glandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers white, yellow or pinkish)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 3-8 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dull red
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!