Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Lacrimatae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus munda
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Dwarf Hawthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus munda
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Crataegus invicta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus munda
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus munda
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:
Crataegus flava FAMILY Rosaceae
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus geniculata
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus invicta
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus munda
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pexa
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus yadkinensis
COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Hawthorn, Restful Hawthorn, Neat Hawthorn
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Ron Lance rwl2024_a2
October GA
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Ron Lance rwlc_munda
Month Unknown Rabun County GA
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Ron Lance rwlc_munda_b
Month Unknown Rabun County GA
The slender twigs are zigzag and thorny, beset with small cuneate or narrowly obovate leaves, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus munda
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus munda
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Crataegus invicta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus munda
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus munda
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:
Crataegus flava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus geniculata
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus invicta
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus munda
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pexa
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus yadkinensis
2024
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other xeric or subxeric forests, scrublands, disturbed woodlands, 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 nodal thorns 1-3cm long
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 1-3(-5) flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange to dull red
Pome
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