OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus iracunda var. populnea   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



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

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

Crataegus prona

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

Crataegus stolonifera

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

Crataegus iracunda var. populnea

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

Crataegus flabellata   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Crataegus iracunda var. brumalis

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

Crataegus prona

 

COMMON NAME:
Poplar Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus iracunda var. populnea, Poplar Hawthorn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crpo8_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus iracunda var. populnea   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus prona

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus stolonifera

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

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

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Crataegus iracunda var. brumalis

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4528

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic to subxeric woodlands, brush, pastures, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & possibly South Carolina

Rare

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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 1/3-2/3 length of blade, eglandular or slightly glandular esp in spring

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

Inflorescences of 3-12 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall?
Dull red or partially greenish
Pome

 

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