2826

Tree
Perennial

Native to Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA - -

Rare (an endemic)

Look for it in flatwoods ponds, river swamps, per Weakley's Flora

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with short moderately stout nodal thorns (< 4cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles short, 3-10mm, eglandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
15-20 stamens (anthers yellow, pink or reddish)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 1-5 flowers

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Red
Pome

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US p420
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p120

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Crataegus rufula   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus rufula   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Crataegus ×rufula

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus ×rufula