Rosaceae
Yellowleaf hawthorn
Crataegus flava
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Crataegus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Yellowleaf hawthorn
Synonyms
- Anthomeles flava (Aiton) M.Roem.
- Anthomeles glandulosa M.Roem.
- Anthomeles turbinata (Pursh) M.Roem.
- Crataegus caroliniana (Poir.) Pers.
- Crataegus cirrata Ashe
- Crataegus flava unranked trilobata Loudon
- Crataegus flava var. elliptica Sarg.
- Crataegus flexispina Sarg.
- Crataegus glandulosa Aiton
- Crataegus glandulosa Michx.
- Crataegus glandulosa var. typica Regel
- Crataegus michauxii Pers.
- Crataegus turbinata Pursh
- Crataegus viridis Walter
- Mespilus caroliniana Poir.
- Mespilus flava (Aiton) Dum.Cours.
- Mespilus flexispina K.Koch
- Mespilus glandulosa Dum.Cours.
- Mespilus hyemalis Walter
- Mespilus michauxii (Pers.) F.Dietr.
- Mespilus turbinata (Pursh) Spreng.
- Phaenopyrum carolinianum (Poir.) M.Roem.
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, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.