Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Triflorae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus harbisonii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus harbisonii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus harbisonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus harbisonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus harbisonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus harbisonii
COMMON NAME:
Harbison's Hawthorn
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_546
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JK Marlow jkm150422_373
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Stamens 20, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm150422_378
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm150422_382
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Ron Lance rwl_d2_299
April-May
In cultivation
Inflorescence 8-12 flowered, sometimes with persistent leaflike bracts, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Ron Lance rwl_d2_300
September-October
In cultivation
Floreal leaves usually broadly elliptic, coarsely toothed. Fruit 12-24mm, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Sam Pratt sbp_100321_1025
October Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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Ron Lance rwl_a10_triflorae_harbiso
Month Unknown
Leaves suborbicular and shallowly lobed on terminal shoots; inflorescence >10 flowered. — Ron Lance
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus harbisonii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus harbisonii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus harbisonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus harbisonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus harbisonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus harbisonii
2163
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Hardwood forest understories, loess hills, calcareous woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native: Tennessee
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with stout nodal thorns (> 3cm long, 3-4mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles distinctly stipitate-glandular, winged half or less of its length
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers white or yellow)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 8-12 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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) p332
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p125
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