Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Crus-galli
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus palmeri
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus reverchonii var. palmeri
INCLUDING Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus ×palmeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus palmeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus palmeri
COMMON NAME:
Palmer's Hawthorn
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_440
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus palmeri
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus reverchonii var. palmeri
INCLUDING
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus ×palmeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus palmeri
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus palmeri
2824
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Hardwood and pine-hardwood forests, scrubland, brush, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Tennessee
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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 short, partially winged (unwinged portion 2-5mm), eglandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 stamens (anthers yellow)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 5-20 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pome
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