Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Lacrimatae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus furtiva
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Albany Hawthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus furtiva
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus furtiva
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus furtiva
SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus furtiva
COMMON NAME:
Albany Hawthorn
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus furtiva
FAMILY
Rosaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus furtiva
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus furtiva
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus furtiva
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus furtiva
3869
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Upland pine forests, pine-oak scrub, longleaf pine sandhills, disturbed woodlands, abandoned fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with nodal thorns
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 5-10mm, distinctly glandular, sometimes winged for half+ its length
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
Usually 20 stamens (anthers usually white or yellow)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 3-5 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow, orange or red?
Pome
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