OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus calpodendron   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus calpodendron   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus calpodendron

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

Crataegus calpodendron

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-007:

Crataegus calpodendron   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus calpodendron var. calpodendron

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

Crataegus calpodendron var. globosa

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

Crataegus calpodendron var. microcarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Crataegus calpodendron

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus chapmanii

 

COMMON NAME:
Pear Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus calpodendron, Pear Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_569

        

Cratægus chapmanii

image of Crataegus calpodendron, Pear Hawthorn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crca_001_lvd

        

image of Crataegus calpodendron, Pear Hawthorn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crgl9_001_lvd

        

Crataegus globosa

image of Crataegus calpodendron, Pear Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlccalpodendron_1

May    Buncombe County    NC

Leaves vary from obovate to elliptic or ovate, nearly always somewhat hairy, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus calpodendron, Pear Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlccalpodendron_1b

May    Buncombe County    NC

One of the latest hawthorns in our area to flower, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Crataegus calpodendron, Pear Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlccalpodendron_2

September    Buncombe County    NC

Fruit usually ellipsoid, somewhat pear-shaped, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus calpodendron   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus calpodendron   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-007:
Crataegus calpodendron   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus calpodendron var. calpodendron

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus calpodendron var. globosa

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus calpodendron var. microcarpa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus calpodendron

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus chapmanii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2173

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Mixed hardwood forests, open slopes, wooded ravines, streamsides, especially over basic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

map
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with stout nodal thorns (> 4cm long, 3-4mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles partially winged

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers usually pink to purplish, sometimes white)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 12-30 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange-red to red
Pome

 

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