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4198

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Non-native: east Asia

Documented growing wild in - - -

Waif(s)

Look for it in suburban woodlands, hedgerows, and thickets, per Weakley's Flora

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partial shade

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Twigs not "thorny" (spur shoots short, not spiny)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals (deciduous)
5 petals
15-20 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow to red
Pome

 

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
 Malus baccata   FAMILY Rosaceae

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malus baccata   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Malus baccata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
 Pyrus baccata

 

COMMON NAME:
 Siberian Crabapple

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image of Malus baccata, Siberian Crabapple

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_maba_001_lvd