OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus arrogans   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database

Crataegus flava

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database

Crataegus tristis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Crataegus visenda

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)

Crataegus sororia var. visenda

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:

Crataegus flava   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Crataegus flava

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus abdita

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus annosa

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus arrogans

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus galbana

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus segnis

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus sodalis

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus tristis

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)

Crataegus visenda

 

COMMON NAME:
Bristol Hawthorn


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image of Crataegus visenda, Bristol Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_549b

        

image of Crataegus visenda, Bristol Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_552

        

Cratægus tristis

image of Crataegus visenda, Bristol Hawthorn

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_557

        

Cratægus annosa

image of Crataegus visenda, Bristol Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm230331_2249

March    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Crataegus visenda, Bristol Hawthorn

Sam Pratt    sbp_dscf3690

March    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

C. visenda is rather weakly distinctive from C. sororia, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus visenda, Bristol Hawthorn

Sam Pratt    sbp_dscf3696

March    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Sepals glandular-serrate; inflorescence usually pubescent, 3-8 flowered, when lvs ~ half-grown, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus visenda, Bristol Hawthorn

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_tristis_hc_42405_4

April    Floyd County    GA

C. tristis's thickened bark is slightly fire-resistant, as typical with all members of Apricae, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus visenda, Bristol Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm220607_8411

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Crataegus visenda, Bristol Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm220607_8413

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Leaves with 3-5 pairs of main lateral veins, per Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014).

image of Crataegus visenda, Bristol Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm220607_8414

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Crataegus visenda, Bristol Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm220607_8415

June    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Crataegus visenda, Bristol Hawthorn

JK Marlow    jkm220705_8972

July    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

Leaf base short-cuneate or acute; lobes or teeth acute, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Crataegus visenda, Bristol Hawthorn

Ron Lance    rwlcsororia_vvisenda

August    Houston County    GA

Foliage usually w a good number of obovate leaves; branches usually drooping, per Weakley's Flora (2020).

 

 

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Crataegus arrogans   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database
Crataegus flava

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Crataegus tristis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Crataegus visenda

SYNONYMOUS WITH Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern US (Lance, 2014)
Crataegus sororia var. visenda

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-20-002?:
Crataegus flava   FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crataegus flava

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus abdita

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus annosa

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus arrogans

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus galbana

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus segnis

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus sodalis

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus tristis

INCLUDING Beadle in Flora of the Southeastern US (Small, 1913)
Crataegus visenda

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2774

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other upland pine and pine-oak forests, disturbed lands, wooded hills with clay or sandy soils, often in xeric or sub-xeric conditions, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with slender to moderately stout nodal thorns > 2cm long

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 8-20mm, distinctly black-glandular

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5 petals
20 stamens (anthers usually purplish)
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences of 3-8 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Pome

 

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