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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Malus baccata   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malus baccata   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Malus baccata

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

Malus baccata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)

Pyrus baccata

 

COMMON NAME:
Siberian Crabapple


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image of Malus baccata, Siberian Crabapple

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_maba_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Malus baccata   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Malus baccata   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Malus baccata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Malus baccata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Pyrus baccata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4198

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Suburban woodlands, hedgerows, and thickets, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Twigs not "thorny" (spur shoots short, not spiny)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals (deciduous)
5 petals
15-20 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow to red
Pome

 

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