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2818

Shrub
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon

Look for it in hardwood forests, rock outcrops, thickets, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3-2/3 length of blade, sometimes partially winged, glandular-margined

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
about 10 stamens (5-15) (anthers rose)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 3-10 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow, orange or red
Pome

 

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

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

(?) LESS THAN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
 Crataegus intricata   FAMILY Rosaceae

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 097-20-004?:
 Crataegus flabellata   FAMILY Rosaceae

LESS THAN Flora of North America
 Crataegus rubella

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

 

COMMON NAME:
 Little Red Hawthorn

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image of Crataegus intricata var. rubella, Little Red Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlcintricata_vrubella

September    Buncombe County    NC

Crataegus intricata var. rubella