2787

Shrub
Perennial

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - SC

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont (an endemic)

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 (10/20/20):
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

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus flava

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 constans

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

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

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