Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Pulcherrimae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus pulcherrima var. opima
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pulcherrima
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus opima
INCLUDED WITHIN
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus pulcherrima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus pulcherrima var. opima
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus pulcherrima
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus abstrusa
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus illustris
INCLUDED WITHIN
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pulcherrima
COMMON NAME:
Broadleaved Beautiful Hawthorn
No pictures are available at this time.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus pulcherrima var. opima
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pulcherrima
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus opima
INCLUDED WITHIN
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus pulcherrima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus pulcherrima var. opima
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus pulcherrima
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus abstrusa
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus illustris
INCLUDED WITHIN
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pulcherrima
3875
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare (an endemic)
Look for it in hardwood and hardwood-pine forests, ravines, mesic slopes, 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 1/3-2/3 blade length, ~ partially winged, red sessile glands in spring
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers pink or purple)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 4-12 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Pome
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