NameThatPlant.net: Crataegus pulcherrima var. opima

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus pulcherrima var. opima FAMILY Rosaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pulcherrima FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Crataegus pulcherrima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Crataegus opima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)

Crataegus pulcherrima var. opima

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (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

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image of Crataegus pulcherrima var. opima, Broadleaved Beautiful Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_544

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus pulcherrima var. opima FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pulcherrima FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus pulcherrima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus opima

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

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (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

Habitat: Hardwood and hardwood-pine forests, ravines, mesic slopes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

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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
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 4-12 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Pome

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