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Series: Microcarpae    

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus spathulata   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus spathulata

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

Crataegus spathulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-011:

Crataegus spathulata   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus spathulata

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

Crataegus spathulata

 

COMMON NAME:
Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw


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image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crsp_001_lvd

        

image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

JK Marlow    jkm230328_2205

March    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Flowers after leaves are fully grown, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

JK Marlow    jkm130407_001

April    Columbia County    GA

Thorns moderately stout, 2-5cm long, often lacking on twigs of mature plants, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

JK Marlow    jkm130407_998

April    Columbia County    GA

Its multicolored scaly bark is one of its more conspicuous traits, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

JK Marlow    jkm170401_448

April    McCormick County    SC

Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve

image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

JK Marlow    jkm200425_4264

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

It blooms after leaves are fully grown, in inflorescences of 8-20 flowers, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

JK Marlow    jkm200425_4266

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

JK Marlow    jkm200428_4384

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

JK Marlow    jkm230418_2651

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

Ron Lance    rwlc_spathulata_b

April    Houston County    GA

image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140428_121812

April    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Buds infected with Gymnosporangium sp.

image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

Steve Marlow    snm4190spatulatelfhaw

April    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Regularly forms a small tree, often reaching 5-7m in forest understories, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

JK Marlow    jkm121027_784

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Small spatulate leaves (tending to be trilobed), per Weakley's Flora.

image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

JK Marlow    jkm121027_785

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Bark pale gray-brown in plates over orange-brown inner bark, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Crataegus spathulata, Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw

JK Marlow    jkm121027_788

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus spathulata   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-011:
Crataegus spathulata   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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

 

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Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Scrubland, pine-oak woodlands, bottomland forests, rocky uplands over mafic or calcareous substrates, 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 winged to near base (any unwinged portion <5mm), eglandular

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

Inflorescences of 8-20 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red, rarely yellow
Pome

 

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