OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus coccinea   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pedicellata   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus coccinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)

Crataegus coccinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-003:

Crataegus coccinea   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus pennsylvanica

 

COMMON NAME:
Scarlet Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus coccinea, Scarlet Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_526

        

image of Crataegus coccinea, Scarlet Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlccoccinea_1

April        

In cultivation

Large, pubescent leaves (9-12cm long) on terminal shoots, ...

image of Crataegus coccinea, Scarlet Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlccoccinea_1b

April        

In cultivation

...in combination w even-toothed calyx lobes & 5-10 stamens, are distinctive, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Crataegus coccinea, Scarlet Hawthorn

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_060521hayesville09

June    Clay County    NC

Clay County Native Botanical Garden

image of Crataegus coccinea, Scarlet Hawthorn

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_060521hayesville10

June    Clay County    NC

Clay County Native Botanical Garden

image of Crataegus coccinea, Scarlet Hawthorn

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_060521hayesville12

June    Clay County    NC

Clay County Native Botanical Garden

image of Crataegus coccinea, Scarlet Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlccoccinea_2

August        

In cultivation

The fairly large, orange-red fruits fall quickly after maturity, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus coccinea   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pedicellata   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus coccinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus coccinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-003:
Crataegus coccinea   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus pennsylvanica

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2762

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Deciduous forest understories, pastures, upland thickets, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with moderately stout nodal thorns (> 3cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles slender, 1/3-3/4 length of blade, eglandular or remotely glandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5-10 stamens (anthers pink or reddish)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 6-15 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange-red to scarlet
Pome

 

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