Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Aestivales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus ×rufula
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus rufula
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus aestivalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus ×rufula
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus ×rufula
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus maloides
COMMON NAME:
Rufous Mayhaw, Florida Mayhaw
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_467
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus ×rufula
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus rufula
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus aestivalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus ×rufula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus ×rufula
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus maloides
2826
Tree
Perennial
Habitat: flatwoods ponds, river swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with short moderately stout nodal thorns (< 4cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles short, 3-10mm, eglandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
15-20 stamens (anthers yellow, pink or reddish)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 1-5 flowers
FRUIT:
Spring
Red
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014) p420
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p120
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