Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Virides
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus viridis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Green Hawthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus viridis var. viridis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Crataegus penita
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Crataegus vulsa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus viridis var. viridis
INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus viridis +
INCLUDING Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus viridis var. lanceolata
INCLUDING Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus viridis var. ovata
INCLUDING Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus viridis var. velutina
INCLUDING Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus viridis var. viridis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-005:
Crataegus viridis FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus viridis
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus interior
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus penita
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus viridis
INCLUDED WITHIN Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus vulsa
COMMON NAME:
Green Hawthorn, Greenhaw
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_470
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_472
Cratægus vulsa
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_480
Cratægus penita
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_crataegus_viridis
February
Colorful layers of mottled bark are one of the most significant features, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
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Ron Lance rwlcviridis_1
May
In cultivation
One of our largest hawthorns, frequently reaching treelike proportions, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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Ron Lance rwlcviridis_2
September-October
In cultivation
Leaf shape variable, base wedge-shaped, petiole slender and partly winged, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus viridis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus viridis var. viridis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Crataegus penita
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Crataegus vulsa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Crataegus viridis var. viridis
INCLUDING
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus viridis +
INCLUDING
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus viridis var. lanceolata
INCLUDING
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus viridis var. ovata
INCLUDING
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus viridis var. velutina
INCLUDING
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus viridis var. viridis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-005:
Crataegus viridis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus viridis
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus interior
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus penita
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus viridis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus vulsa
406
Tree
Perennial
Look for it in swamps, bottomland forests, alluvial woodlands, sreamsides, wet flatwoods, and uplands where soils are often basic to calcareous, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with moderately stout nodal thorns (> 2cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles slender, usually 1/3-1/2 length of blade, eglandular
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
15-20 stamens (anthers yellow, pink or red)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 5-20 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange to red, rarely yellowish
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- 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) p108
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p100
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p044
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p076
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p125
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