NameThatPlant.net: Crataegus mendosa

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

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

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus mendosa FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus mendosa

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

Crataegus mendosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Crataegus mendosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus mendosa

COMMON NAME:
Albertville Hawthorn

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image of Crataegus mendosa, Albertville Hawthorn

Ron Lance rwlc_mendosa

April McCormick County SC

Lvs narrower than C. pulcherrima, with little lobing & blunt-pointed apices. — Ron Lance

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus mendosa FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus mendosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus mendosa

2768

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic hardwood forests, mixed pine-hardwood forests, upland wooded hills over calcareous substrates and well-drained clays, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender to moderately stout nodal thorns > 2cm long

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3-2/3 blade length, ~ partially winged, red sessile glands in spring

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

Inflorescences of 4-12 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Green, yellow or 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) p213

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