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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus mollis   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Crataegus texana var. dasyphylla

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

Crataegus texana var. texana

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

Crataegus mollis var. texana

 

COMMON NAME:
Texas Downy Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus mollis var. texana, Texas Downy Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2238

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Crataegus mollis var. texana, Texas Downy Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2238b

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Sepals usually coarsely glandular-serrate to slightly pectinate, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus mollis var. texana, Texas Downy Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2239

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Crataegus mollis var. texana, Texas Downy Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2239b

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Veins [in series Molles] slightly to distinctly impressed adaxially, 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. texana   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus mollis   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus texana var. dasyphylla

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4765

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Riverine woodlands, brushlands, prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native: middle South

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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 reddish)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 8-15 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Pome

 

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