OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Lacrimatae    

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus teres   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus flava   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Crataegus teres

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)

Crataegus alabamensis var. teres

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Crataegus flava

SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus teres

 

COMMON NAME:
Smooth Alabama Hawthorn, Montgomery Hawthorn


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus teres   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus flava   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus teres

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus alabamensis var. teres

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus flava

SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus teres

 

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3883

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Pine-oak forests, sandy woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with nodal thorns

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)
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 3-5 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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