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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Crataegus mollis var. texana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus mollis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crataegus mollis
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
Basionym
Crataegus texana
COMMON NAME:
Texas Downy Hawthorn
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JK Marlow jkm230331_2238
March Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm230331_2238b
March Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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_2239
March Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm230331_2239b
March Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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 (2/10/25):
Crataegus mollis var. texana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus mollis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crataegus mollis
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
Basionym
Crataegus texana
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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