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Crataegus venusta Beadle. Common name: Red Mountain Hawthorn. Phenology: Apr-May; Sep-Oct. Habitat: Rocky woodlands, brush, cutover forests. Distribution: C. AL and Grundy County, TN.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: A sparsely documented taxa in the Pulcherrimae series, C. venusta suggests affinity to the more restricted Appalachian taxa C. pallens Beadle, but fruits are typically red or ruddy.

Synonymy : = FNA9, S13, Tn, Lance (2014), Phipps, O'Kennon, & Dvorsky (2006); < Crataegus sargentii Beadle. Basionym: Crataegus venusta Beadle 1900

Links to other floras: = Crataegus venusta - FNA9

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image of plant© Ron Lance | Original Image ⭷
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