Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Malus coronaria
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Wild Crabapple at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malus coronaria
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Malus coronaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Malus coronaria
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Malus angustifolia var. puberula
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Malus coronaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Pyrus coronaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-18-003:
Malus coronaria FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pyrus lancifolia
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malus bracteata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malus coronaria
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malus lancifolia
INCLUDING -
Malus glaucescens
COMMON NAME:
Sweet Crabapple, Wild Crabapple
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
)
Trees You Want to Know (Peattie, 1934); illustration by F.A. Michaux dcp34_p38a
)
Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_412
)
Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_414
)
Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_417
)
Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_419
)
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_maco5_001_lvd
)
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_maco5_002_lhd
)
Keith Bradley kab_malus_coronaria_0613
April Henderson County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
)
Sam Pratt sbp041920_0928
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
)
JK Marlow jkm0405i_33
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Flowers fragrant, 2-4cm across, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
)
JK Marlow jkm0405i_35
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Leaves of flowering & fruiting branches lobed toward the base, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Malus coronaria
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malus coronaria
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Malus coronaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Malus coronaria
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Malus angustifolia var. puberula
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Malus coronaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Pyrus coronaria
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-18-003:
Malus coronaria
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Pyrus lancifolia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malus bracteata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malus coronaria
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Malus lancifolia
INCLUDING
-
Malus glaucescens
909
Tree
Perennial
Habitat: forests, woodlands, fencerows, occasionally in bottomlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with spinose spur shoots
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Pink fading to Whitish
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p132
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p153
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p072
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p288
- The Sibley Guide to Trees (Sibley, 2009) p283
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p291
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p40
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p212
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".