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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   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Crataegus ×rufula, Rufous Mayhaw, Florida Mayhaw

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2826

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: flatwoods ponds, river swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

map
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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

 

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