Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Crus-galli
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus berberifolia var. engelmannii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus engelmannii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus berberifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus berberifolia var. engelmannii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus berberifolia var. engelmannii
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus engelmannii
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus sinistra
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus torva
COMMON NAME:
Engelmann's Hawthorn
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_445b
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus berberifolia var. engelmannii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus engelmannii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus berberifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus berberifolia var. engelmannii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus berberifolia var. engelmannii
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus engelmannii
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus sinistra
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus torva
2814
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Mixed hardwood and pine forests of uplands, usually in subxeric to xeric habitats, especially over basic to calcareous soils, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA, uncommon in SC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in Carolinas)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with moderately stout nodal thorns (> 3cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles short, partially winged (unwinged portion 2-5mm), eglandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
usually 10 stamens (anthers yellow or pink)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 5-20 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Green/red blushed to dull red
Pome
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