NameThatPlant.net: Crataegus pruinosa var. gattingeri

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus pruinosa var. gattingeri FAMILY Rosaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

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

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

Crataegus flabellata FAMILY Rosaceae

COMMON NAME:
Gattinger's Hawthorn

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crataegus pruinosa var. gattingeri FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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

3867

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Hardwood and pine-hardwood woodlands, brush, pastures, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Carolina Coastal Plain)

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 (> 3cm long, 1.5-3mm in diameter)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3 to equal blade length, eglandular, or remotely glandular in spring

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

Inflorescences of 5-12 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Pome

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