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Black hawthorn

Crataegus douglasii Lindl.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Crataegus

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Common names

By language (7)
arz
كراتيجوس دوجلاسى
English
Black hawthorn, Douglas' thornapple, Williams' hawthorn
Estonian
Douglase viirpuu
Finnish
Mustamarjaorapihlaja
German
Oregon-Weißdorn
Russian
Боярышник Дугласа
Swedish
Douglashagtorn

Synonyms

  • Anthomeles douglasii (Lindl.) M.Roem.
  • Crataegus brevispina Douglas ex Steud.
  • Crataegus columbiana Howell
  • Crataegus columbiana var. columbiana
  • Crataegus douglasii f. badia Sarg.
  • Crataegus douglasii var. douglasii
  • Crataegus douglasii var. duchesnensis S.L.Welsh
  • Crataegus howellii Heiser
  • Crataegus punctata var. brevispina Douglas ex Hook.
  • Crataegus rivularis W.H.Brewer & S.Watson
  • Crataegus sanguinea Nutt.
  • Crataegus sanguinea var. douglasii (Lindl.) Torr. & A.Gray
  • Crataegus tennowana A.Nelson
  • Crataegus williamsii Eggl.
  • Mespilus douglasii (Lindl.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Mespilus sanguinea var. douglasii (Lindl.) Wenz.

Flowers

Flower colour
white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

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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.