Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Apiifoliae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus marshallii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Parsley Hawthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus marshallii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus marshallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus marshallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-013:
Crataegus marshallii FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus marshallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus apiifolia
COMMON NAME:
Parsley Hawthorn, Parsley Haw
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_562
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crma5_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_crma5_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230331_2232
March Spartanburg County SC
Infl. 3-12 flowered; flowers 6-10mm wide, anthers red; flowering when leaves about half-grown, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm230331_2233
March Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230331_2234
March Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230331_2235
March Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230331_2236
March Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm230331_2237
March Spartanburg County SC
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Sam Pratt sbp_20140324_111020b
March Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Keith Bradley kab_c_marshallii_0439
April Lexington County SC
Congaree Creek Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_marshallii_1
April
Parsley Haw's leaves are deeply cut, thin, toothed, overall ragged margined, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_marshallii_bc_2
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_marshallii_parsley1
April Dade County GA
Cloudland Canyon State Park
Bark scaly, gray, thin, exfoliating in irregular small patches thus mottled, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_marshallii_parsley4
April Dade County GA
Cloudland Canyon State Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_crataegus_marshallii
October
Unmistakable when in leaf, being so unlike other native hawthorns, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Ron Lance rwl_a2_apiifoliae_marshal
November
Immediately recognizable by its deeply incised leaves and small fruits, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus marshallii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus marshallii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus marshallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus marshallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-013:
Crataegus marshallii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus marshallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus apiifolia
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Tree
Perennial
Habitat: swamps, alluvial forests, mesic to subxeric upland slopes over mafic or calcareous rocks, 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 (> 2cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles from 1/2 to equal length of blade, eglandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
10 or 20 stamens (anthers red)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 3-12 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Bright red
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p332
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p065
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p287
- Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014) p096
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p136
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p101
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p077
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p293
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p120
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