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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Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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