OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus venusta

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

Crataegus venusta var. pallens

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:

Crataegus flabellata   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus intricata

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

Crataegus pallens

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

Crataegus prismatica

 

COMMON NAME:
Pale-fruited Hawthorn, Birmingham Hawthorn, Pale Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus pallens, Pale-fruited Hawthorn, Birmingham Hawthorn, Pale Hawthorn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crpa15_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus venusta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus venusta var. pallens

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus flabellata   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pallens

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2770

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Slopes and rock outcrops, especially over mafic substrates, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender to moderately stout nodal thorns > 2cm long

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3-2/3 blade length, ~ partially winged, red sessile glands in spring

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

Inflorescences of 4-12 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Pome

 

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