Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Apricae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus aprica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Sunny Hawthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus flava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus aprica
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus aprica
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:
Crataegus flava FAMILY Rosaceae
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus aprica
COMMON NAME:
Sunny Hawthorn
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_561
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JK Marlow jkm220503_7447
June Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220503_7448
June Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
For some time, this hawthorn has been passed over for treatment in many floral guides, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm230901_5150
September Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230901_5152
September Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Fruit globose, 8-15mm, the flesh usually soft and succulent when ripe, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Ron Lance rwlc_aprica
September Pickens County SC
Leaves mostly rhombic-elliptic, crenate or obscurely serrate. Fruit globose, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus aprica
FAMILY
Rosaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus flava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus aprica
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus aprica
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:
Crataegus flava
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus aprica
2759
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Upland pine forests, pine-oak forests, mixed hardwood forests over rocky or sandy substrates, abandoned fields, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender to moderately stout nodal thorns > 2cm long
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 8-20mm, distinctly black-glandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 stamens (anthers white)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 3-8 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange-red
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014) p250
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p121
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