3878

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Native to North Carolina

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Rare

Look for it on rocky summits, in mesic forests, on streamsides, per Weakley's Flora

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with stout nodal thorns (> 4cm long, 3-4mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles partially winged (unwinged < 1/3 blade length), eglandular or slightly

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
15-20 stamens (anthers pink or rarely white)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 8-15 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 p353

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Crataegus succulenta var. neofluvialis   FAMILY Rosaceae

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus succulenta   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-008?:
Crataegus succulenta   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus neofluvialis