Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Pulcherrimae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus incilis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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C. incilis is a usually shrubby relative of C. pulcherrima Ashe with a strong suckering habit and slender shoots exhibiting thin, distinctly incised leaves. The 4 or 5 pairs of lobes per leaf, cuneate leaf base and 5-8 mm fruit are also characteristic, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus incilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus pulcherrima var. incilis
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus concinna
COMMON NAME:
Cutleaf Beautiful Hawthorn
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus incilis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus incilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus pulcherrima var. incilis
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus concinna
2831
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Mixed pine and hardwood forests, wooded hills, rocky woods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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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 purple)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 4-12 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow-green to dull red
Pome
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