Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Molles
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus pennsylvanica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pennsylvanica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus pennsylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus pennsylvanica
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Crataegus coccinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus pennsylvanica
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus pedicellata var. ellwangeriana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus pennsylvanica
COMMON NAME:
Pennsylvania Hawthorn
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_515
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Ron Lance rwl_a12_molles_pennsylvan
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Inflorescence stems densely hairy; sepals coarsely glandular-serrate. — Ron Lance
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus pennsylvanica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pennsylvanica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus pennsylvanica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus pennsylvanica
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Crataegus coccinea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus pennsylvanica
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus pedicellata var. ellwangeriana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus pennsylvanica
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Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic, open forests, alluvial forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native north of the Carolinas
Waif(s)
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with moderately stout nodal thorns (> 2cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles rather stout, 1/3-2/3 length of blade, eglandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5-10 stamens (anthers cream to pale pink)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 8-15 flowers?
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Usually red
Pome
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