Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Lacrimatae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus teres
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus flava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus teres
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus alabamensis var. teres
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus flava
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus teres
COMMON NAME:
Smooth Alabama Hawthorn, Montgomery Hawthorn
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Crataegus teres
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus flava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus teres
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus alabamensis var. teres
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus flava
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus teres
3883
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare, an endemic
Look for it in pine woodlands and sandy areas, 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 nodal thorns
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 5-10mm, distinctly glandular, sometimes winged for half+ its length
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
Usually 20 stamens (anthers usually white or yellow)
Inflorescences of 3-5 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!