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
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Read more about Crataegus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus biltmoreana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus intricata var. biltmoreana
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus biltmoreana
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus confusa
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus stonei
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus villicarpa
INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus biltmoreana
COMMON NAME:
Biltmore Hawthorn
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_crst9_001_lvd
Crataegus stonei
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Ron Lance rwlcintricata_vbiltmorea
Month Unknown AL
Leaves villous or sparsely hairy; calyx lobes deeply glandular-serrate, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
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
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus biltmoreana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus intricata var. biltmoreana
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus biltmoreana
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus confusa
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus stonei
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Crataegus villicarpa
INCLUDING
Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus biltmoreana
2816
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Wooded hills, rock outcrops, thickets, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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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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