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|accepted_name=Crataegus florens
|accepted_authority=Beadle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Biltmore Bot. Stud.
|place=1: 94. 1902
|year=1902
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Crataegus alabamensis var. florens
|authority=(Beadle) Lance
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae;Crataegus;Crataegus sect. Coccineae;Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Lacrimatae;Crataegus florens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Crataegus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Crataegus sect. Coccineae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>series</small>[[Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Lacrimatae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Crataegus florens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 621, 625, 629
|treatment_page=page 628
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, 30–60 dm, branches ± weeping. <b>Stems</b>: twigs: new growth sparsely to densely spreading-pubescent, 1-year old tawny to reddish brown, 2-years old dark gray; thorns on twigs usually numerous, straight to slightly decurved, 2-years old shiny blackish gray, ± fine to ± stout, 2–4.5 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole length 25–33% blade, ± pilose young, glandular; blade dark green mature adaxially, narrowly obovate to obovate, 2–4.5 cm, thin, slightly coriaceous, base abruptly tapered, lobes 0, or 1 or 2 per side distally, obscure, lobe apex obtuse to subacute, margins ± coarsely glandular-serrate, veins (1 or)2–4 per side, apex often ± cuspidate, adaxially shiny mature, surfaces glabrous, veins sparsely pubescent; on extension shoots broadly elliptic to ± orbiculate, larger, often slightly incised, strongly serrate. <b>Inflorescences</b> 3–6-flowered; branches sparsely to moderately pilose; bracteoles caducous, linear, margins glandular. <b>Flowers</b> 15–18(–25) mm diam.; hypanthium sparsely pubescent; sepals narrowly triangular, 4–5 mm, margins glandular-serrate, adaxially sparsely hirsute; anthers pale yellow; styles 3(–5). <b>Pomes</b> orange-red to red, suborbicular, 8–15 mm diam., glabrous; sepals spreading, 7 mm; pyrenes 3(–5).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr; fruiting Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Brush on sand plains
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.
|discussion=<p><i>Crataegus florens</i> occurs mainly from central Mississippi to the Carolinas and extreme northern Florida; it is common in central Alabama and is disjunct in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. The species may occur in more mesic habitats than other members of ser. Lacrimatae.</p><!--
--><p>The type form of <i>Crataegus florens</i> has the smallest, least strongly serrate leaves, veins 2 or 3 per side, and largest flowers, but the circumscription is here expanded to include forms of smaller flower dimensions and with larger, more strongly serrate leaves, including those with 3 or 4 veins per side. As such, <i>C. florens</i> is a fairly common and striking plant with its glossy, deep green leaves, thus superficially resembling members of ser. Crus-galli except for the strongly flexuous twigs. Except for its type form, which is uncommon, it flowers before most other sympatric members of ser. Lacrimatae. Differences from <i>C. attrita</i>, to which it is most similar, and <i>C. teres</i> are given in the key and discussed under those species.</p>
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name=Crataegus florens
|authority=Beadle
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
|synonyms=Crataegus alabamensis var. florens
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–Apr; fruiting Aug–Sep.
|habitat=Brush on sand plains
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Biltmore Bot. Stud.
|publication year=1902
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_1077.xml
|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae
|genus=Crataegus
|section=Crataegus sect. Coccineae
|series=Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Lacrimatae
|species=Crataegus florens
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