3870

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Upland pine and pine-oak forests, clay soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in SC Mountains & Coastal Plain)

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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
15-20 stamens (anthers pink to rose)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 3-8 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Pome

 

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