OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Crataegus intricata

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

Crataegus intricata var. intricata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Crataegus intricata var. intricata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:

Crataegus flabellata   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Crataegus intricata var. intricata

 

COMMON NAME:
Entangled Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus intricata var. intricata, Entangled Hawthorn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crin3_001_lvd

        

image of Crataegus intricata var. intricata, Entangled Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm0205j_10

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Glabrous, slightly glandular foliage and slender thorns, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Crataegus intricata var. intricata, Entangled Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwl397_a

May        

Basic defining characters include 10 stamens and pale anthers, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

image of Crataegus intricata var. intricata, Entangled Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlcintricata_1

May    Oconee County    SC

 

 

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

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus intricata

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus intricata var. intricata

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus flabellata   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus intricata var. intricata

 

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397

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Pastures, wooded hills, rock outcrops, thickets, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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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
about 10 stamens (5-15) (anthers white or cream)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 3-10 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Green, yellow, orange or reddish
Pome

 

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