NameThatPlant.net: Crataegus crus-galli var. pyracanthifolia

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Crus-galli

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus crus-galli var. pyracanthifolia FAMILY Rosaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Crataegus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus limnophila FAMILY Rosaceae

COMMON NAME:
Narrowleaf Cockspur Hawthorn

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus crus-galli var. pyracanthifolia FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus limnophila FAMILY Rosaceae

2815

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Bottomland forests, swamp borders, lowlands, sometimes locally abundant, 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.

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

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles short, partially winged (unwinged portion 2-5mm), eglandular

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

Inflorescences of 5-20 flowers

FRUIT:
Fall
Pome

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