Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Malus baccata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_maba_001_lvd
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
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
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"?
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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