OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus sororia   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



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

Crataegus sororia

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

Crataegus orbiculata

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

Crataegus sororia var. sororia

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:

Crataegus flava   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus consanguinea

INCLUDING -

Crataegus leonensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Sister Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus sororia, Sister Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_551

        

Cratægus consanguinea

image of Crataegus sororia, Sister Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlc_sororia

September    Etowah County    AL

Terminal shoot leaves are regularly suborbicular, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus sororia   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:
Crataegus flava   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

INCLUDING -
Crataegus leonensis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2784

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Upland disturbed forests, scrublands, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in SC Coastal Plain)

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

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 8-20mm, distinctly black-glandular

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

Inflorescences of 3-8 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dull red
Pome

 

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