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|accepted_name=Crataegus spathulata
|accepted_authority=Michaux
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|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae;Crataegus;Crataegus sect. Crataegus;Crataegus (sect. Crataegus) ser. Microcarpae;Crataegus spathulata
|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. Crataegus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>series</small>[[Crataegus (sect. Crataegus) ser. Microcarpae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Crataegus spathulata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 495, 606
|treatment_page=page 500
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, 30–70 dm, branching often tabulate when open grown. <b>Stems</b>: 3-year old twigs deep purple-brown, older dark gray; 3-year old thorns on twigs blackish, ± straight, 3–4(–5) cm. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole short; blade usually dark green, sometimes ± glaucous, narrowly or broadly spatulate, 1.5–3 cm, base cuneate, lobes 0 or 1 per side, lobe apex acute to rounded, margins subentire, crenate, or serrate, veins 3 per side (extending to sinuses and lobes), apex subacute to acute, surfaces usually glabrous, marginal and scattered abaxial hairs, adaxial midvein with long hairs (± dense young). <b>Inflorescences</b> 20–30-flowered; branches glabrous; largely ebracteolate, sometimes a few curved, green stipular bractlets; bracteole margins eglandular or with very few, very small glands. <b>Flowers</b> strong-smelling, 10 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrous; stamens 20, anthers pale yellow; styles 3–5. <b>2n</b> = 34, 51.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr; fruiting Sep–Nov.
|habitat=Brush, calcareous substrates
|elevation=10–500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Crataegus spathulata</i> is locally common across the southern states from southern Missouri to Virginia south to eastern Texas to Florida.</p><!--
--><p>Mature <i>Crataegus spathulata</i> has very attractive, often honey-colored, exfoliating bark. The illustration herein depicts an atypically large, unusually shaped, herbaceous bracteole.</p>
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name=Crataegus spathulata
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
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|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr; fruiting Sep–Nov.
|habitat=Brush, calcareous substrates
|elevation=10–500 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Fla.;Ga.;Ky.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae
|genus=Crataegus
|section=Crataegus sect. Crataegus
|series=Crataegus (sect. Crataegus) ser. Microcarpae
|species=Crataegus spathulata
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