OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Lacrimatae    

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus munda   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus munda   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database

Crataegus invicta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Crataegus munda

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)

Crataegus munda

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:

Crataegus flava   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus geniculata

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus invicta

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus munda

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus pexa

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus yadkinensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Dwarf Hawthorn, Restful Hawthorn, Neat Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus munda, Dwarf Hawthorn, Restful Hawthorn, Neat Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwl2024_a2

October        GA

image of Crataegus munda, Dwarf Hawthorn, Restful Hawthorn, Neat Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlc_munda

Month Unknown    Rabun County    GA

image of Crataegus munda, Dwarf Hawthorn, Restful Hawthorn, Neat Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlc_munda_b

Month Unknown    Rabun County    GA

The slender twigs are zigzag and thorny, beset with small cuneate or narrowly obovate leaves, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus munda   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus munda   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Crataegus invicta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus munda

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus munda

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:
Crataegus flava   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus geniculata

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus invicta

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus munda

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus pexa

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus yadkinensis

 

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2024

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other xeric or subxeric forests, scrublands, disturbed woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with nodal thorns 1-3cm long

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 5-10mm, distinctly glandular, sometimes winged for half+ its length

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
Usually 20 stamens (anthers usually white or yellow)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 1-3(-5) flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange to dull red
Pome

 

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