Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Lacrimatae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus lepida
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus condigna
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus lepida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus lepida
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus condigna
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus lepida
COMMON NAME:
Pygmy Hawthorn
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus lepida
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus condigna
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus lepida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus lepida
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus condigna
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus lepida
2766
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Xeric, sandy soils of open pinelands, wiregrass-dominated roadsides and forest edges, oak-pine scrub, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with abundant nodal thorns < 3cm long
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 5-10mm, distinctly glandular, sometimes winged for half+ its length
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
Usually 20 stamens (anthers usually white or yellow)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 3-5 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow or orange
Pome
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