2787

Shrub
Perennial

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - SC

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

Look for it in oak-pine scrub and sandy uplands, per Weakley's Flora

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with nodal thorns, many or most less than 3cm

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 5-10mm, distinctly glandular, sometimes winged for half+ its length

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
Usually 20 stamens (anthers usually white or yellow)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 3-5 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow-orange, orange-red
Pome

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US p290

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

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

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus integra   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Crataegus integra

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:
Crataegus flava   FAMILY Rosaceae