Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Molles
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus mollis var. lanuginosa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus lanuginosa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus mollis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus lanuginosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus mollis var. lanuginosa
COMMON NAME:
Woolly Hawthorn, Webb City Hawthorn
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_512
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crla3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230331_2227
March Spartanburg County SC
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March Spartanburg County SC
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March Spartanburg County SC
Sepals usually coarsely glandular-serrate to slightly pectinate, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm230331_2229
March Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230331_2230
March Spartanburg County SC
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Sam Pratt sbp_041422_image0
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp_041422_image1
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Anthers somewhat smaller than in normal mollis, and vary in color from rose to near white, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Sam Pratt sbp_041522_1413
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp_041522_image2
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Leaf blades mostly 3-5cm long, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Sam Pratt sbp_041522_image4
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Petioles eglandular. Leaf blades persistently pubescent abaxially, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus mollis var. lanuginosa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
(?) SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus lanuginosa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus mollis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus lanuginosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus mollis var. lanuginosa
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Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Dry, gravelly hills, per Weakley's Flora
Native: Missouri
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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 rather stout, 1/3-2/3 length of blade, eglandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers whitish or pink)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 8-15 flowers
FRUIT:
Fall
Pome
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