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|accepted_name=Crataegus biltmoreana
|accepted_authority=Beadle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Gaz.
|place=28: 406. 1899
|year=1899
}}
|common_names=Biltmore hawthorn
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Crataegus confusa
|authority=Sargent
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. intricata var. biltmoreana
|authority=(Beadle) Lance
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=C. villicarpa
|authority=Sargent
}}
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae;Crataegus;Crataegus sect. Coccineae;Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Intricatae;Crataegus biltmoreana
|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. Intricatae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Crataegus biltmoreana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 577, 586, 591, 592
|treatment_page=page 590
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 20–30 dm. <b>Stems</b>: twigs: new growth reddish, tomentose, 1-year old dark gray, 2-years old gray; thorns on twigs straight to slightly recurved, 2-years old shiny black, slender, 3–5 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole length 40–45% blade, sometimes winged, pubescent, strongly glandular; blade narrowly to broadly ovate, 4–7 cm, base cuneate, lobes 3–5 per side, distinct, lobe apex acute, margins strongly serrate, teeth gland-tipped, veins 4 or 5 per side, apex acute, surfaces pilose (abaxial more sparsely) young, veins pilose. <b>Inflorescences</b> 2–7-flowered; branches tomentose; bracteoles oblong-linear, margins short-stipitate-glandular. <b>Flowers</b> 15–20 mm diam.; hypanthium usually densely tomentose; sepals lanceolate, 7 mm, margins deeply glandular-serrate, abaxially pilose; stamens 5–10, anthers cream; styles 3–5. <b>Pomes</b> yellow to orange, often with red cheek, suborbicular, 9–14 mm diam., hairy; sepals on collar, reflexed-patent, 8–9 mm; pyrenes 3–5. <b>2n</b> = 51.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr, May; fruiting Sep–Oct.
|habitat=Understory of open woodlands, montane coves, ridge tops
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Ga.;Ind.;Md.;Mass.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Crataegus biltmoreana</i> is wide-ranging but somewhat scarce; it is known from Vermont to Georgia and west to Missouri and Arkansas, but is most abundant in Appalachia.</p><!--
--><p><i>Crataegus biltmoreana</i> is distinctive with its very hairy young twigs, leaves, and inflorescence branches, low stature, long thorns, large flowers, and yellow to orange pomes. Indumentum is the only consistent difference from <i>C. intricata</i>; specific rank is maintained because wide-ranging glabrous/hairy variants of one species are so unusual in North American <i>Crataegus</i>. Eventually, it may prove better to accept <i>C. biltmoreana</i> as a variety of that species. Rare forms with almost unlobed leaves, the sinuses shallow and lobes obtuse when present, may be the same.</p>
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name=Crataegus biltmoreana
|author=
|authority=Beadle
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
|synonyms=Crataegus confusa;C. intricata var. biltmoreana;C. villicarpa
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr, May; fruiting Sep–Oct.
|habitat=Understory of open woodlands, montane coves, ridge tops
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Ga.;Ind.;Md.;Mass.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Gaz.
|publication year=1899
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_1007.xml
|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae
|genus=Crataegus
|section=Crataegus sect. Coccineae
|series=Crataegus (sect. Coccineae) ser. Intricatae
|species=Crataegus biltmoreana
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