Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Pulcherrimae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus venusta
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus sargentii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus venusta
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus venusta var. venusta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus venusta
COMMON NAME:
Red Mountain Hawthorn
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus venusta
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus sargentii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus venusta
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus venusta var. venusta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus venusta
3881
Shrub
Perennial
Native to Alabama & Tennessee
Documented growing wild in - - -
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 cream)
Inferior ovary
Inflorescences of 4-12 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dill red, ruddy, greenish-red
Pome
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