Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Microcarpae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Crataegus spathulata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus spathulata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crataegus spathulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus spathulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 097-20-011:
Crataegus spathulata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
COMMON NAME:
Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw
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JK Marlow jkm130407_001
April Columbia County GA
Thorns moderately stout, 2-5cm long, often lacking on twigs of mature plants, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm130407_998
April Columbia County GA
Its multicolored scaly bark is one of its more conspicuous traits, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm170401_448
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4264
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
It blooms after leaves are fully grown, in inflorescences of 8-20 flowers, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4266
April Greenville County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200428_4384
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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Ron Lance rwlc_spathulata_b
April Houston County GA
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Sam Pratt sbp_20140428_121812
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Buds infected with Gymnosporangium sp.
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Steve Marlow snm4190spatulatelfhaw
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Regularly forms a small tree, often reaching 5-7m in forest understories, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US.
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JK Marlow jkm121027_784
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Small spatulate leaves (tending to be trilobed), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm121027_785
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Bark pale gray-brown in plates over orange-brown inner bark, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm121027_788
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve