NameThatPlant.net: Crataegus intricata var. rubella

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus intricata var. rubella FAMILY Rosaceae NEW! Click to go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Crataegus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Crataegus rubella

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus flabellata FAMILY Rosaceae

COMMON NAME:
Little Red Hawthorn

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image of Crataegus intricata var. rubella, Little Red Hawthorn

JK Marlow jkm220412_6729

April Greenville County SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Ron Lance rwlcintricata_vrubella

September Buncombe County NC

Leaves mostly elliptic, sharply toothed and unlobed or weakly lobed, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus intricata var. rubella FAMILY Rosaceae

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Crataegus rubella

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus flabellata FAMILY Rosaceae

2818

Shrub
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon

Habitat: Hardwood forests, rock outcrops, thickets, per Weakley's Flora

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender nodal thorns (> 3cm long, < 2mm in diameter)

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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