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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

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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

 

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
 Crataegus sororia   FAMILY Rosaceae

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 097-20-002?:
 Crataegus flava   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Crataegus sororia

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

 

COMMON NAME:
 Sister Hawthorn

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image of Crataegus sororia, Sister Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlc_sororia

September    Etowah County    AL