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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus monogyna   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus monogyna var. monogyna

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

Crataegus monogyna

 

COMMON NAME:
English Hawthorn, Singleseed Hawthorn, One-seeded Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus monogyna, English Hawthorn, Singleseed Hawthorn, One-seeded Hawthorn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crmo3_001_lvd

        

image of Crataegus monogyna, English Hawthorn, Singleseed Hawthorn, One-seeded Hawthorn

Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org    bug_5386431

April-May?        

Flowers 10-15mm wide, flowering in April or May after leaves are half-grown, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus monogyna, English Hawthorn, Singleseed Hawthorn, One-seeded Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwl_a3_crataegus_monogyna

April-May?        

Leaf lobes with few teeth; fruit 1-seeded; thorns usually 1-2cm. — Ron Lance

image of Crataegus monogyna, English Hawthorn, Singleseed Hawthorn, One-seeded Hawthorn

Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org    bug_5386432

September-October?        

Leaves ovate to deltate, often deeply lobed. Fruit red, 6-14mm wide, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus monogyna, English Hawthorn, Singleseed Hawthorn, One-seeded Hawthorn

Tom DeGomez, University of Arizona, Bugwood.org    bug_5389900

Month Unknown        

Bark scaly, grayish, becoming furrowed on old trunks, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus monogyna   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus monogyna var. monogyna

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2497

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic soil, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with nodal thorns usually 1-2cm long

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/4-3/4 length of blade, eglandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
15-20 stamens (anthers pink or purplish)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 3-20 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red (flesh soft)
Pome

 

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