Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Microcarpae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus spathulata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Littlehip Hawthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus spathulata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus spathulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus spathulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-011:
Crataegus spathulata FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus spathulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus spathulata
COMMON NAME:
Littlehip Hawthorn, Spatulate Haw
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crsp_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm230328_2205
March Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Flowers after leaves are fully grown, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm130407_001
April Columbia County GA
Thorns moderately stout, 2-5cm long, often lacking on twigs of mature plants, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm130407_998
April Columbia County GA
Its multicolored scaly bark is one of its more conspicuous traits, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm170401_448
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4264
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
It blooms after leaves are fully grown, in inflorescences of 8-20 flowers, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm200425_4266
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm200428_4384
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm230418_2651
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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Ron Lance rwlc_spathulata_b
April Houston County GA
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Sam Pratt sbp_20140428_121812
April Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Buds infected with Gymnosporangium sp.
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Steve Marlow snm4190spatulatelfhaw
April Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Regularly forms a small tree, often reaching 5-7m in forest understories, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm250524_0587
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm250524_0593
May Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm121027_784
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Small spatulate leaves (tending to be trilobed), per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm121027_785
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
Bark pale gray-brown in plates over orange-brown inner bark, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm121027_788
October Pickens County SC
Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus spathulata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus spathulata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus spathulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus spathulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-011:
Crataegus spathulata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus spathulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus spathulata
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Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Scrubland, pine-oak woodlands, bottomland forests, rocky uplands over mafic or calcareous substrates, 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 winged to near base (any unwinged portion <5mm), eglandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers yellow)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 8-20 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red, rarely yellow
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) p330
- Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014) p400
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p075
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p293
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p122
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