2771

Shrub, Tree
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains, uncommon in Piedmont and Coastal Plain
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in upland forests, pastures, rock outcrops, mountain summits and balds, floodplain forests, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
15-20 stamens (anthers pink/reddish/rarely white) (C. pruinosa var. dissona 10)
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Green/Red
Pome

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/7/08):
Crataegus pruinosa   FAMILY Rosaceae

GREATER THAN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pruinosa   FAMILY Rosaceae

LESS THAN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 097-20-004?:
Crataegus flabellata   FAMILY Rosaceae

GREATER THAN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950):
Crataegus gattingeri