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 lassa var. colonica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Crataegus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus colonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus lassa var. colonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus colonica
COMMON NAME:
Colony Hawthorn, Bluffton Hawthorn
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Ron Lance rwlcintegra_vcolonica
August-September Aiken County SC
Leaves with few marginal serrations. Fruit pyriform, orange-red, 10-13mm, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Ron Lance rwlcmunda_vpexa
September FL
Morphology suggests an intermediate between C. lassa var. lassa and C. pexa, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus lassa var. colonica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus colonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus lassa var. colonica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus colonica
2827
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Oak-pine scrub and sandy uplands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with abundant nodal thorns > 3cm long (present at nearly every node)
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 (anthers usually white or yellow)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 3-5 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange-red
Pome
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