OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Malus coronaria   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malus coronaria   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Malus coronaria

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

Malus coronaria

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Malus angustifolia var. puberula

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Malus coronaria

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

Pyrus coronaria

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-18-003:

Malus coronaria   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Pyrus lancifolia

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Malus bracteata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Malus coronaria

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Malus lancifolia

INCLUDING -

Malus glaucescens

 

COMMON NAME:
Sweet Crabapple, Wild Crabapple


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Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux    dcp34_p38a

        

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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_412

        

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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_414

        

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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_417

        

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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_419

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_maco5_001_lvd

        

image of Malus coronaria, Sweet Crabapple, Wild Crabapple

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_maco5_002_lhd

        

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Keith Bradley    kab_malus_coronaria_0613

April    Henderson County    NC

Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District

image of Malus coronaria, Sweet Crabapple, Wild Crabapple

Sam Pratt    sbp041920_0928

April    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Malus coronaria, Sweet Crabapple, Wild Crabapple

JK Marlow    jkm0405i_33

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Flowers fragrant, 2-4cm across, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Malus coronaria, Sweet Crabapple, Wild Crabapple

JK Marlow    jkm0405i_35

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Leaves of flowering & fruiting branches lobed toward the base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Malus coronaria   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malus coronaria   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Malus coronaria

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

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Malus angustifolia var. puberula

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Malus coronaria

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-18-003:
Malus coronaria   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pyrus lancifolia

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malus bracteata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malus coronaria

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malus lancifolia

INCLUDING -
Malus glaucescens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

909

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: forests, woodlands, fencerows, occasionally in bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with spinose spur shoots

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Pink fading to Whitish
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pome

 

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