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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 venusta   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus sargentii   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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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image of Crataegus venusta, Red Mountain Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_542

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus venusta   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus sargentii   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3881

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Rocky woodlands, brush, cutover forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Alabama & Tennessee

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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 cream)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 4-12 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dill red, ruddy, greenish-red
Pome

 

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