NameThatPlant.net: Crataegus intricata var. biltmoreana

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Crataegus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata FAMILY Rosaceae

COMMON NAME:
Biltmore Hawthorn

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Crataegus intricata var. biltmoreana FAMILY Rosaceae

(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata FAMILY Rosaceae

2816

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Wooded hills, rock outcrops, thickets, 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 slender nodal thorns (> 3cm long, < 2mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3-2/3 length of blade, sometimes partially winged, glandular-margined

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
about 10 stamens (5-15) (anthers white or cream)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 3-10 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow or orange, often red-cheeked
Pome

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