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Series: Crus-galli    

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



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

Crataegus reverchonii var. palmeri

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

Crataegus ×palmeri

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Crataegus palmeri

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

Crataegus palmeri

 

COMMON NAME:
Palmer's Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus palmeri, Palmer's Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_440

        

 

 

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus palmeri

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2824

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Hardwood and pine-hardwood forests, scrubland, brush, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Tennessee

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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 short, partially winged (unwinged portion 2-5mm), eglandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 stamens (anthers yellow)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 5-20 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pome

 

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