NameThatPlant.net: Crataegus brachyacantha

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus brachyacantha FAMILY Rosaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus brachyacantha FAMILY Rosaceae

COMMON NAME:
Blueberry Hawthorn

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus brachyacantha FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus brachyacantha FAMILY Rosaceae

2169

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Oak flatwoods, bottomland forests, margins of prairies and saline barrens, pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with short moderately stout nodal thorns (< 2cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles winged to near base (any unwinged portion <5mm), eglandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
15-20 stamens (anthers yellow)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 8-15 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black appearing blue due to waxy bloom
Pome

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