Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
Series: Pulcherrimae
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Crataegus pinetorum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Plants recently found in Greenville Co, SC with abundant elliptical, unlobed leaves are provisionally assigned to this species, per Weakley's Flora (2025).
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crataegus intricata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Crataegus pinetorum
COMMON NAME:
Pineland Hawthorn
This Crataegus does not conform accurately to any previously described member of the Series Pulcherrimae, to which it obviously belongs. Most similar is C. pinetorum, from which these plants differ by their abundance of unlobed, ovate/elliptical leaves. The apically acute leaves are dissimilar to C. mendosa, a Pulcherrimae member also known from the state. These plants are undescribed but may be provisionally designated a locally divergent form of C. pinetorum. Identified by Ron Lance, 31 Jan 2024
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April Greenville County SC
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April Greenville County SC
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May Greenville County SC
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May Greenville County SC
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May Greenville County SC
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May Greenville County SC
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May Greenville County SC
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June Greenville County SC
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June Greenville County SC
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July Greenville County SC
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September Greenville County SC
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September Greenville County SC
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September Greenville County SC
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September Greenville County SC
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Crataegus pinetorum
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus intricata
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crataegus intricata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus pinetorum
4947
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Upland hardwood and hardwood-pine forests, rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender to moderately stout nodal thorns > 2cm long
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1/3-2/3 blade length, ~ partially winged, red sessile glands in spring
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers pink or purple)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences of 4-12 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow or reddish
Pome
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