Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Intricatae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus intricata var. boyntonii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Crataegus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus intricata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus intricata var. boyntonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Crataegus boyntonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus intricata var. boyntonii
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus flabellata FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus boyntoni
COMMON NAME:
Boynton's Hawthorn
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_540
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crbo2_001_lvd
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Ron Lance rwlcintricata_vboyntonii
September Buncombe County NC
An abundance of its leaves broadly ovate to deltoid, 5-8cm long × 3-5cm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus intricata var. boyntonii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus intricata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus intricata var. boyntonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Crataegus boyntonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus intricata var. boyntonii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus flabellata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus boyntoni
2761
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Upland forest understories, pastures, rock outcrops, shrubby thickets, 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 moderately stout nodal thorns (> 3cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3-2/3 length of blade, sometimes partially winged, glandular-margined
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
about 10 stamens (5-15) (anthers yellow or white)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 3-10 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Greenish or red-cheeked
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) p230
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p077?
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p292?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p118?
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p122
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