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. intricata
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
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus intricata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus intricata var. intricata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus intricata var. intricata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus flabellata FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus intricata var. intricata
COMMON NAME:
Entangled Hawthorn
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crin3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0205j_10
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Glabrous, slightly glandular foliage and slender thorns, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Ron Lance rwl397_a
May
Basic defining characters include 10 stamens and pale anthers, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Ron Lance rwlcintricata_1
May Oconee County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus intricata var. intricata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus intricata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus intricata var. intricata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus intricata var. intricata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus flabellata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus intricata var. intricata
397
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Pastures, wooded hills, rock outcrops, thickets, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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 white or cream)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 3-10 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Green, yellow, orange or reddish
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014) p225
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p077?
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p292?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p118?
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p41
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p122
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