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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus marshallii   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus marshallii

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

Crataegus marshallii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-013:

Crataegus marshallii   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus marshallii

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

Crataegus apiifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw


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image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_562

        

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crma5_001_lvd

        

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_crma5_003_lvd

        

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2232

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Infl. 3-12 flowered; flowers 6-10mm wide, anthers red; flowering when leaves about half-grown, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2233

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2234

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2235

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2236

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2237

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140324_111020b

March    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

Keith Bradley    kab_c_marshallii_0439

April    Lexington County    SC

Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_marshallii_1

April        

Parsley Haw's leaves are deeply cut, thin, toothed, overall ragged margined, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_marshallii_bc_2

April        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_marshallii_parsley1

April    Dade County    GA

Cloudland Canyon State Park

Bark scaly, gray, thin, exfoliating in irregular small patches thus mottled, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_marshallii_parsley4

April    Dade County    GA

Cloudland Canyon State Park

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_crataegus_marshallii

October        

Unmistakable when in leaf, being so unlike other native hawthorns, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus marshallii, Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw

Ron Lance    rwl_a2_apiifoliae_marshal

November        

Immediately recognizable by its deeply incised leaves and small fruits, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus marshallii   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-013:
Crataegus marshallii   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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

 

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Tree
Perennial

Habitat: swamps, alluvial forests, mesic to subxeric upland slopes over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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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 from 1/2 to equal length of blade, eglandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 or 20 stamens (anthers red)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 3-12 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Bright red
Pome

 

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