Rosaceae

Cockspur hawthorn

Crataegus crus-galli L.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus

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Cockspur hawthorn (Crataegus crus-galli) — FlowerPhoto: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (15)

Arabic: زعرور صيصة الديك
Azerbaijani: Mahmızlı yemişan
Belarusian: Глог петушыны грэбень
Chinese: 鸡距山楂
Czech: Hloh ostruhatý, Hloh kuří noha
Danish: Hanespore-Hvidtjørn
Dutch: Hanendoorn
English: Cockspur hawthorn, Cockspur thorn, Clarkton hawthorn, Montgomery hawthorn, Waterloving hawthorn
Estonian: Kannus-viirpuu
French: Aubépine ergot de Coq
German: Hahnensporn-Weißdorn
Polish: Głóg ostrogowy
Russian: Боярышник петушья шпора
Swedish: Sporrhagtorn
Welsh: Draenen wen sbardunog

Synonyms

Crataegus acutifolia var. insignis (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
Crataegus algens Beadle
Crataegus alpestris K.Koch
Crataegus angustifolia (Ehrh.) Borkh.
Crataegus arborea Beadle
Crataegus arborea var. ohioensis (Sarg.) Kruschke
Crataegus attenuata Ashe
Crataegus barrettiana Sarg.
Crataegus bellica Sarg.
Crataegus bosciana (Spach) M.Roem.
Crataegus bushii Sarg.
Crataegus canbyi Sarg.
Crataegus cherokeensis Sarg.
Crataegus cocksii Sarg.
Crataegus coursetiana M.Roem.
Crataegus crus-galli f. crus-galli
Crataegus crus-galli f. inermis (Lange) Poletiko
Crataegus crus-galli f. nana Poletiko
Crataegus crus-galli f. oblongata (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
Crataegus crus-galli f. rubens (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
Crataegus crus-galli f. spinulosa Rickett
Crataegus crus-galli f. staminea Rickett
Crataegus crus-galli f. truncata (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
Crataegus crus-galli f. vulgaris Rickett
Crataegus crus-galli unranked angustifolia (Ehrh.) Sudw.
Crataegus crus-galli unranked ovalifolia Torr. & A.Gray
Crataegus crus-galli unranked prunellifolia (Bosc ex Poir.) Sudw.
Crataegus crus-galli var. attenuata (Ashe) Farw.
Crataegus crus-galli var. barrettiana (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
Crataegus crus-galli var. bellica (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
Crataegus crus-galli var. berberifolia Sarg.
Crataegus crus-galli var. capillata Sarg.
Crataegus crus-galli var. danielsii (E.J.Palmer) Rickett
Crataegus crus-galli var. exigua (Sarg.) Eggl.
Crataegus crus-galli var. inermis Lange
Crataegus crus-galli var. leptophylla (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
Crataegus crus-galli var. linearis (Desf.) DC.
Crataegus crus-galli var. macra (Beadle) E.J.Palmer
Crataegus crus-galli var. nana (Dum.Cours.) DC.
Crataegus crus-galli var. nana G.Nicholson ex Rehder

and 80 more.

Flowers

In flower: April to June (from 100 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Chase Mathey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jenn (McPhee) Dyson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Taro Ietaka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: carter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Devin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: jiri.sejko, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Author: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: MattyD, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.