Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Tenuifoliae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus macrosperma
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus macrosperma
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus macrosperma
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus macrosperma
INCLUDING Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Crataegus flabellata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004:
Crataegus flabellata FAMILY Rosaceae
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus macrosperma var. macrosperma
INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus macrosperma var. roanensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus macrosperma
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus macrosperma
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus roanensis
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Hawthorn
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crma3_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crro8_001_lvd
Crataegus roanensis
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JK Marlow jkm0304t_30a
April Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Thorns in series Tenuifoliae are moderately stout, 2-6cm, and often curved, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Ron Lance rwlcmacrosperma_1
May Henderson County NC
Consistent in having adaxially scabrous young leaves and 5-10 stamens, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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JK Marlow jkm0407t_21
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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Ron Lance rwl398_a
September
Fruit usually obovoid, sometimes subglobose or oblong, often pruinose, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Ron Lance rwlcmacrosperma_2
September-October Henderson County NC
Leaf blades ovate to deltate; lobes acute to acuminate, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus macrosperma
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus macrosperma
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus macrosperma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus macrosperma
INCLUDING
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Crataegus flabellata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004:
Crataegus flabellata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus macrosperma var. macrosperma
INCLUDING
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus macrosperma var. roanensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus macrosperma
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus macrosperma
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus roanensis
398
Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic to subxeric hardwood forests, wooded slopes, rock outcrops, pastures, thickets, mountain balds and rocky summits, 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 moderately stout nodal thorns (> 2cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3-2/3 length of blade, eglandular or remotely glandular in spring
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5-10 stamens (anthers reddish)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 3-12 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange-red to dull red
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) p149
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p135
- 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?
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p236
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p124
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