OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Molles    

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



(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pennsylvanica   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus pennsylvanica

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

Crataegus pennsylvanica

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Crataegus coccinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Crataegus pennsylvanica

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Crataegus pedicellata var. ellwangeriana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Crataegus pennsylvanica

 

COMMON NAME:
Pennsylvania Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus pennsylvanica, Pennsylvania Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_515

        

image of Crataegus pennsylvanica, Pennsylvania Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwl_a12_molles_pennsylvan

May?        

Inflorescence stems densely hairy; sepals coarsely glandular-serrate. — Ron Lance

 

 

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

(?) PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pennsylvanica   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Crataegus coccinea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus pennsylvanica

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus pedicellata var. ellwangeriana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus pennsylvanica

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3882

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic, open forests, alluvial forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native north of the Carolinas

Waif(s)

map
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with moderately stout nodal thorns (> 2cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles rather stout, 1/3-2/3 length of blade, eglandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5-10 stamens (anthers cream to pale pink)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 8-15 flowers?

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Usually red
Pome

 

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