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Series: Crus-galli    

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus crus-galli   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database

Crataegus arborea

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

Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli

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

Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-009:

Crataegus crus-galli   FAMILY Rosaceae

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Crataegus crus-galli

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

Crataegus algens

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

Crataegus macra

INCLUDING -

Crataegus canbyi

 

COMMON NAME:
Cockspur Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_434

        

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_435

        

Cratægus canbyi

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_439

        

Cratægus algens

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_444

        

Cratægus arborea

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crcr2_001_lvd

        

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_crcr2_006_lvd

        

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2240

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Cockspur hawthorn has made enemies by overgrowing & dominating pastures, fencelines & scrubland, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2241

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Moderately stout thorns, 3-6cm on twigs, to 10cm and compound on trunk, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlccrusgalli_1

April    Houston County    GA

The most widespread and common hawthorn in the eastern US, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlccrusgalli_1b

April    Houston County    GA

Crus-galli stamen counts vary from 5-20, at times varying in the same plant, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_crataegus_crus_galli

May        MA

Arnold Arboretum

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140505_132353

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

C. crus-galli concept today includes all forms with glabrous or nearly ...

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140505_132414

May    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

glabrous leaves, twigs & floral parts AND leaf shape ± elliptic to obovate, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlccrusgalli_2

September    Haywood County    NC

Fruit occasionally red but in some plants may be dull red, russet, or greenish with a red blush, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

Sam Pratt    sbp_093021_1014

September    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwl394_a

September-October        

Leaves usually glabrous, adaxially glossy in sun; margins finely serrate, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm0511b_02

November    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm0511b_03

November    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm0511b_04

November    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli, Cockspur Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlccrusgalli_3

Month Unknown    Haywood County    NC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus crus-galli   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Crataegus arborea

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus crus-galli var. crus-galli

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-009:
Crataegus crus-galli   FAMILY Rosaceae

(?) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus crus-galli

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus algens

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus macra

INCLUDING -
Crataegus canbyi

 

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394

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Pastures, thickets, disturbed woodlands and forests, fencerows, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

map
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with moderately stout nodal thorns (> 3cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles short, partially winged (unwinged portion 2-5mm), eglandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
5-20 stamens (anthers white, yellow, pink or reddish)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 5-20 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dull red, russet, or greenish with a red blush
Pome

 

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