NameThatPlant.net: Crataegus schuettei

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

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

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Read more about Schuette's Hawthorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus schuettei FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004:

Crataegus flabellata FAMILY Rosaceae

COMMON NAME:
Schuette's Hawthorn

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus schuettei FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-004:
Crataegus flabellata FAMILY Rosaceae

2092

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic upland forests, thin woodlands, brushy fields, rock outcrops, sometimes locally abundant, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

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 1/3-2/3 length of blade, eglandular or remotely glandular in spring

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
15-20 stamens (anthers pink or red)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 3-12 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Pome

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