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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus craytonii   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



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

Crataegus craytonii

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

Crataegus craytonii

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

Crataegus craytonii

 

COMMON NAME:
Crayton Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus craytonii, Crayton Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlcintricata_vcraytonii

September        AL

Leaves ovate, often slightly lobed, pubescent, 4-8cm, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus craytonii   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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

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

 

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2828

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Wooded slopes, roadsides, streamsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender nodal thorns (> 3cm long, < 2mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3-2/3 length of blade, sometimes partially winged, glandular-margined

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

Inflorescences of 3-10 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Reddish
Pome

 

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