Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Intricatae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus intricata var. straminea
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Crataegus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus communis
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus rubella
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus straminea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus intricata var. straminea
COMMON NAME:
Straw-fruited Hawthorn, Straw-fruited Entangled Hawthorn
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crst10_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus intricata var. straminea
FAMILY
Rosaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus communis
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus rubella
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus straminea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus intricata var. straminea
2832
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Wooded hills, thickets, disturbed forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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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
about 10 stamens (5-15) (anthers rose)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 3-10 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow, orange or red
Pome
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