OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chaenomeles speciosa   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaenomeles speciosa   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Chaenomeles speciosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)

Pyrus speciosa

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

Chaenomeles speciosa

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Flowering Quince


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Chaenomeles speciosa   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Chaenomeles speciosa   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Chaenomeles speciosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Pyrus speciosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Chaenomeles speciosa

 

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2611

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Frequently persisting and rarely spreading from horticultural plantings to suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China

Waif(s)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with spinose spur shoots

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring
Red/Pink/White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Pome

 

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