Rosaceae
Yellowleaf hawthorn
Crataegus flava
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Crataegus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- زعرور أصفر
- Bulgarian
- Жълт глог
- Chinese
- 黄果山楂
- English
- Yellowleaf hawthorn
- Russian
- Боярышник жёлтый, Боярышник желтый
Synonyms
- Crataegus flava var. lobata (Bosc) Lindl.
- Mespilus flava Willd.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.