Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Pulcherrimae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus sargentii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus sargentii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus eximia
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus gilva
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus sargentii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus sargentii
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus intricata
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus assimilis
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus eximia
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus gilva
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus sargentii
COMMON NAME:
Sargent's Hawthorn
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_543
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus sargentii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus sargentii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus eximia
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus gilva
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus sargentii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus sargentii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus intricata
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus assimilis
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus eximia
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus gilva
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus sargentii
2773
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Upland forests, rocky woodlands, over calcareous or circumneutral substrates, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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
Yellowish
Pome
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