Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Lacrimatae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus ravenelii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Ravenel's Hawthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus flava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Crataegus condigna
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus alabamensis var. ravenelii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:
Crataegus flava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus flava
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus adunca
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus clara
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus compitalis
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus condigna
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pulla
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus ravenelii
COMMON NAME:
Ravenel's Hawthorn
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Ron Lance rwlcalabamensis_vraven_b
April
In cultivation
Inflorescences tomentose; sepals gland-margined, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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Ron Lance rwlcalabamensis_vravenel
April
In cultivation
Leaves serrate-dentate, densely pubescent when young, becoming glabrate, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus ravenelii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus flava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Crataegus condigna
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus alabamensis var. ravenelii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:
Crataegus flava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus flava
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus adunca
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus clara
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus compitalis
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus condigna
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pulla
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus ravenelii
2822
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains (an endemic)
Look for it in sandhills, upland and pine and pine-oak forests, rocky woodlands, xeric or subxeric habitats with sandy or well-drained clay soils, 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 nodal thorns
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
Red
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!