Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Crus-galli
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus berberifolia var. berberifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Crataegus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus berberifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus berberifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus berberifolia var. berberifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus berberifolia var. berberifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus berberifolia var. berberifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus berberifolia var. berberifolia
COMMON NAME:
Barberry Hawthorn
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_450b
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crbe2_001_lvd
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Ron Lance rwlc_berberifolia
Month Unknown
In cultivation
Consistent pubescence on foliage, twigs, floral and fruit parts, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus berberifolia var. berberifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus berberifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus berberifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus berberifolia var. berberifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus berberifolia var. berberifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus berberifolia var. berberifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus berberifolia var. berberifolia
2760
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Mixed hardwood and pine forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with moderately stout nodal thorns (> 3cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles short, partially winged (unwinged portion 2-5mm), eglandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers usually whitish)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 5-20 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellowi to bright red
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014) p391
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p121
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