Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Intricatae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus craytonii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Crayton Hawthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
A rare and sporadic species poorly understood due to a paucity of collections. Allied to C. intricata Lange but unique in its combination of 20- stamened flowers and copiously pubescent foliage and inflorescence, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus craytonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus craytonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus craytonii
COMMON NAME:
Crayton Hawthorn
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Leaves ovate, often slightly lobed, pubescent, 4-8cm, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus craytonii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus craytonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus craytonii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus craytonii
2828
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Wooded slopes, roadsides, streamsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & 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 slender nodal thorns (> 3cm long, < 2mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3-2/3 length of blade, sometimes partially winged, glandular-margined
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers white or yellow)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 3-10 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Reddish
Pome
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