Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Apricae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus ignava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDING
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus alleghaniensis var. extraria
INCLUDING
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus allegheniensis var. ignava
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus extraria
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus ignava
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus impar
COMMON NAME:
Valley Head Hawthorn
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JK Marlow jkm130407_058
April Columbia County GA
Related to C. alleghaniensis... or may be considered a variety of it, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm130407_061
April Columbia County GA
Thorns moderately stout, usually > 2cm long, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Ron Lance rwlcallegheniensis_ve1_b
April McCormick County SC
Inflorescences are glabrate; stamens 15-20; anthers pink to rose, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Ron Lance rwlcallegheniensis_vext1
April McCormick County SC
Leaves glabrous, acutely lobed on all shoots, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Ron Lance rwlcallegheniensis_vext2
October McCormick County SC
Fruit subglobose, red, 8-12mm, flesh soft, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus ignava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus alleghaniensis var. extraria
INCLUDING
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus allegheniensis var. ignava
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus extraria
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus ignava
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus impar
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Shrub
Perennial
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - SC
Uncommon (rare in SC Mountains & Coastal Plain), endemic
Look for it in upland pine and pine-oak forests, 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 slender to moderately stout nodal thorns > 2cm long
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 8-20mm, distinctly black-glandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
15-20 stamens (anthers pink to rose)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 3-8 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US p262
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p121