NameThatPlant.net: Crataegus pruinosa var. pruinosa

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

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

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INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pruinosa FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database

Crataegus arcana

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

Crataegus pruinosa var. pruinosa

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

Crataegus pruinosa var. gattingeri

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

Crataegus pruinosa var. pruinosa

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

Crataegus flabellata FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Crataegus gattingeri

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Crataegus rugosa

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

Crataegus pruinosa var. pruinosa

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

Crataegus arcana

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

Crataegus georgiana

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

Crataegus rustica

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

Crataegus vicinalis

COMMON NAME:
Frosted Hawthorn

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image of Crataegus pruinosa var. pruinosa, Frosted Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_482

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_483

Cratægus georgiana

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crpr2_001_lvd

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

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pruinosa FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Crataegus arcana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus pruinosa var. pruinosa

INCLUDING Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus pruinosa var. gattingeri

INCLUDING Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus pruinosa var. pruinosa

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

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus gattingeri

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus rugosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus pruinosa var. pruinosa

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

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

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

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

2771

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Upland hardwood forests, pastures, rock outcrops, mountain summits and balds, sometimes colonial or locally abundant, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with moderately stout nodal thorns (> 3cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3 to equal blade length, eglandular, or remotely glandular in spring

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

Inflorescences of 5-12 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Greenish to red
Pome

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