NameThatPlant.net: Crataegus pulcherrima var. pulcherrima

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 pulcherrima var. pulcherrima FAMILY Rosaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pulcherrima FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus pinetorum

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

Crataegus pulcherrima var. pulcherrima

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

Crataegus tecta

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

Crataegus austrina

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

Crataegus pulcherrima var. pulcherrima

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Crataegus pinetorum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Crataegus pulcherrima

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Crataegus intricata

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus abstrusa

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus ancisa

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus austrina

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus concinna

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus contrita

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus illustris

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus lenis

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus macilenta

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus pinetorum

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus pulcherrima

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus robur

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus tecta

COMMON NAME:
Beautiful Hawthorn

To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Crataegus pulcherrima var. pulcherrima, Beautiful Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_545

Cratægus robur

image of Crataegus pulcherrima var. pulcherrima, Beautiful Hawthorn

Ron Lance rwlcpulcherrima_1

May AL

image of Crataegus pulcherrima var. pulcherrima, Beautiful Hawthorn

Ron Lance rwlcpulcherrima_2

September AL

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pulcherrima FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus pinetorum

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

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus tecta

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

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

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus pinetorum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus pulcherrima

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus intricata

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus abstrusa

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus ancisa

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus austrina

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus concinna

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus contrita

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus illustris

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus lenis

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus macilenta

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pinetorum

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pulcherrima

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus robur

INCLUDING Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus tecta

2772

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Hardwood and hardwood-pine forests, ravines, mesic slopes, sometimes locally abundant, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

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 pink or purple)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 4-12 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow or reddish
Pome

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

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