English Hawthorn
Crataegus laevigata
Rosaceae
Other names
Quick-Set Thorn, White Thorn, May, Midland Hawthorn
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Europe, North Africa, India
Location
Cornell Class of 1923 Flowering Tree Collection
Source of plant
Northern Nurseries
Description
Shrub or small tree to 2.5m, branches soon glabrous; thorns to 2.5cm. Leaves 5cm, obovate, base cuneate, margins usually with 3, occasionally 5, shallow blunt lobes, lobes serrate, pale green beneath; stipules tapered, irregularly serrate. Flowers 15-18mm, white to pink in corymbs of few to 10 blooms; anthers pink-purple. Fruit 1cm, ovate-globose, deep red; seeds usually 2, occasionally 1-3.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5