Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Lacrimatae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus quaesita var. floridana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Crataegus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus quaesita var. floridana
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus anisophylla
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus cirrata
INCLUDED WITHIN Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus floridana
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus versuta
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus viaria
COMMON NAME:
Jacksonville Hawthorn
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_553
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Ron Lance rwlclassa_vfloridana
March-April Dallas County? AL
Has a propensity for distinctly trilobate toothed leaves with cuneate bases, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus quaesita var. floridana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus floridana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus quaesita var. floridana
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus anisophylla
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus cirrata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus floridana
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus versuta
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus viaria
2821
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Oak-pine forests, sandy scrublands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & 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 nodal thorns
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 5-10mm, distinctly glandular, sometimes winged for half+ its length
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
Usually 20 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 3-5 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange-red to red
Pome
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