Crataegus persimilis

Crataegus persimilis
In early fall
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subtribe: Malinae
Genus: Crataegus
Species:
C. persimilis
Binomial name
Crataegus persimilis
Synonyms
  • Crataegus cerasina Sarg.
  • Crataegus crus-galli var. prunifolia Torrey & A.Gray
  • Crataegus heldebergensis Sarg.
  • Crataegus laetifica Sarg.
  • Crataegus livoniana Sarg.
  • Crataegus ovalifolia (Hornem.) DC.
  • Crataegus prunifolia (Poir.) Bosc ex DC.
  • Crataegus prunifolia (Poir.) Pers.
  • Crataegus prunifolia Pers.
  • Crataegus robusta Sarg.
  • Crataegus splendens Lodd.
  • Mespilus prunifolia Poir.

Crataegus persimilis is a species of hawthorn, known by the common names plumleaf hawthorn and broad-leaved cockspur thorn, native to southern Ontario, Canada, and the US states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia. It is widely cultivated, particularly in Europe, as an ornamental. Its sporadic distribution in its natural range and certain of its morphological characters leads authorities to consider it a probable naturally occurring hybrid, with its most likely parents being Crataegus succulenta (fleshy hawthorn) and Crataegus crus-galli (cockspur hawthorn). It is a tetraploid. Some populations may be self-perpetuating. Its 'Prunifolia' cultivar has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit,[2] and is considered one of its top 5 trees for smaller gardens.[3]

  1. ^ Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 4:94. 1903
  2. ^ "Crataegus persimilis 'Prunifolia'". Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Trees for smaller gardens". Retrieved 19 January 2020.