Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Parvifoliae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus brittonii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Britton's Hawthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus brittonii
INCLUDING
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus uniflora var. brittonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus brittonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus brittonii
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus rhodella
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus uniflora
COMMON NAME:
Britton's Hawthorn
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Ron Lance rwlcuniflora_2
September SC
Allied closely to C. uniflora.... Leaf shape often ovate to elliptic, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus brittonii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus brittonii
INCLUDING
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus uniflora var. brittonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus brittonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus brittonii
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus rhodella
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus uniflora
3868
Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in GA Piedmont), an endemic
Habitat: Thinly forested hills and slopes, bluffs, rock outcrops, disturbed lands, roadsides, streamsides, per Weakley's Flora
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with very slender nodal thorns (> 3cm long, about 1mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 2-5mm, usually pubescent, sometimes black-glandular, esp in spring
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
Usually 20 stamens (anthers white, yellow or rarely pink)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 1-6 flowers, usually 1
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Green, yellow or red
Pome
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