Rosaceae
Fireberry hawthorn
Crataegus chrysocarpa
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Crataegus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 红果山楂, 金果山楂
- English
- Fireberry hawthorn
Synonyms
- Crataegus caliciglabrata Schuette
- Crataegus chrysocarpa f. chrysocarpa
- Crataegus columbiana var. chrysocarpa (Ashe) Dorn
- Crataegus horrida var. chrysocarpa (Ashe) Cinovskis
- Crataegus laurentiana var. dissimilifolia Kruschke
- Crataegus rotundifolia var. chrysocarpa (Ashe) Eggl.
- Crataegus sheridana A.Nelson
- Oxyacantha chrysocarpa (Ashe) Lunell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Hungarian thornCrataegus nigraRosaceae
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.