Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: _Interserial hybrid
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus ×vailiae
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus vailiae
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus ×vailiae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus ×vailiae [calpodendron × uniflora]
COMMON NAME:
Vail’s Hawthorn
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crva_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus ×vailiae
FAMILY
Rosaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus vailiae
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus ×vailiae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus ×vailiae [calpodendron × uniflora]
3879
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Pastures, woodlands, streambanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with nodal thorns
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles eglandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 3-8 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Green, yellow or red?
Pome
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