Crataegus biltmoreana | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Crataegus |
Section: | Crataegus sect. Coccineae |
Series: | Crataegus ser. Intricatae |
Species: | C. biltmoreana |
Binomial name | |
Crataegus biltmoreana |
Crataegus biltmoreana is a species of hawthorn. It is wide-ranging but somewhat scarce, known from Vermont to Georgia and west to Missouri and Arkansas, but is most abundant in Appalachia. [1] It is one of many hawthorn species named by Chauncey Delos Beadle when he worked at the Biltmore Estate. [2] The fruit are green, yellow, or orange. [3] It is sometimes considered to be a synonym of C. intricata . [4]