Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Pulcherrimae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus pulcherrima var. opima
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pulcherrima
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus pulcherrima
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus opima
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus pulcherrima var. opima
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus pulcherrima
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus abstrusa
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus illustris
INCLUDED WITHIN Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pulcherrima
COMMON NAME:
Broadleaved Beautiful Hawthorn
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_544
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus pulcherrima var. opima
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus pulcherrima
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus pulcherrima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus opima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus pulcherrima var. opima
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Crataegus pulcherrima
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus abstrusa
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus illustris
INCLUDED WITHIN
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pulcherrima
3875
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Hardwood and hardwood-pine forests, ravines, mesic slopes, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender to moderately stout nodal thorns > 2cm long
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3-2/3 blade length, ~ partially winged, red sessile glands in spring
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers pink or purple)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 4-12 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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) p208
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p105
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