2827

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon (an endemic)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with abundant nodal thorns > 3cm long (present at nearly every node)

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
Orange-red
Pome

 

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

• Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US p292

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Crataegus colonica

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