Crataegus triflora Chapman, Three-Flower Hawthorn in the Coosa River Valley, Floyd County, Northwest Georgia (May 1, 2008.)

Scientific name: Crataegus triflora Chapman Common name: Three-Flower Hawthorn Family: Rosaceae; Rose Legal status: Listed as threatened (T) in Georgia Flowering period: April- May Fruiting period: September; fruit-pome deep red, pubescent, cavity 5-6 mm broad, with 3-5 bony nutlets, 7-9 mm long, volume of 125 cc contains about 1633 clea and dry seeds (Chauncey D. Beadle, 1899.) Habitat: Rich woods on limestone slopes Type locality: Cliffs of the Coosa River near Rome, Georgia Herbarium specimens: Collections at: Washington, DC, Auburn, AL, and Chapel Hill, NC

Comments: In 1892 this species was discovered in Rome, Georgia by Alvan W. Chapman (1809-1899) a botanist from Apalachicola Florida.
A small population of Three-flower Hawthorn was found in the Coosa River Valley by the author in April 2005.

Description: "Leaves thin, 1.5'-3' (2 cm - 7 cm) long, ovate, rounded at the base, or abruptly contracted into a short petiole, glandular-serrate, soon smooth above, softly pubescent, like the branchlets and corymbs, beneath; corymbs 1-3(mostly 3-) flowered, the lateral pedicels longer; flowers 3/4' (2.5 mm) wide; calyx lobes lanceolate, thickly glandular-ciliate, twice as long as the tube; styles mostly 4.- Cliffs of the Coosa River, Georgia. April.- A large shrub." -Alvan W. Chapman, 1897.

Last updated on February, 2010.

References :
1. Chapman, Alvan W. Flora of the southern United States: containing an abridged description of the flowering plants and ferns of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida: arranged according to the natural system 3rd ed. (385) New York: American Book Company, 1897.
2. Beadle, Chauncey D. " Studies in Crataegus. I." Botanical Gazette, Vol. 28, No. 6. (1899) : 412
3. Images by Zvezdana Ukropina-Crawford
4. USDA, NRCS. 2008. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 11 February 2008). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

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