Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Crus-galli
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus crus-galli var. pyracanthifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Crataegus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus limnophila
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus crus-galli var. pyracanthifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus crus-galli var. pyracanthifolia
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus crus-galli var. pyracanthifolia
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus pyracanthoides var. arborea
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pyracanthoides
COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Cockspur Hawthorn
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus crus-galli var. pyracanthifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus limnophila
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus crus-galli var. pyracanthifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus crus-galli var. pyracanthifolia
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus crus-galli var. pyracanthifolia
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus pyracanthoides var. arborea
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pyracanthoides
2815
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Mountains, rare in NC Piedmont), at times locally abundant
Look for it in bottomland forests, swamp borders, lowlands, 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 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
20 stamens (anthers pink)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 5-20 flowers
FRUIT:
Fall
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US p387
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p120