Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: _Interserial hybrid
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus oreophila
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Balsam Mountain Hawthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus macrosperma
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus ×oreophila
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus macrosperma
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Balsam Mountain Hawthorn
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus oreophila
FAMILY
Rosaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus macrosperma
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus ×oreophila
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus macrosperma
FAMILY
Rosaceae
3873
Tree
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare, endemic to central & western Great Balsam Mtns in NC
Look for it in high elevation forests, balds, 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 1–2cm, glabrous, eglandular or rarely with a few sessile glands
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
usually 10 stamens (5-12) (anthers pink or rose)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 5-20 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red, flesh soft
Pome
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