Rosaceae

Midland hawthorn

Crataegus laevigata (Poir.) DC.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Crataegus

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Midland hawthorn (Crataegus laevigata) — FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (30)

Armenian: Սզնի, Ալոճ
Basque: Hegoaldeko elorri zuri
Chinese: 钝裂叶山楂
csb: Dwaseminnô mąkùszka
Czech: Hloh obecný, Hloh dvousemenný, Hloh ostrotrnný
Danish: Almindelig Hvidtjørn, Hvidtjørn
Dutch: Tweestijlige meidoorn
English: Midland hawthorn, Smooth hawthorn, English hawthorn
Esperanto: Dustilusa kratago
Finnish: Pyöröorapihlaja
French: Aubépine à deux styles, Aubépine épineuse
frr: Haageduurn
German: Zweigriffeliger Weißdorn, Zweigriffliger Weissdorn, Zweigriffliger Weißdorn
hsb: Dwupěstkaty hłohonc
Hungarian: Cseregalagonya, Kétbibés galagonya
Icelandic: Hvítþyrnir
Italian: Biancospino
Japanese: セイヨウサンザシ
Lithuanian: Grauželinė gudobelė
myv: Бояронь умарина, Пупиця боярка чувто
Norwegian Bokmål: Parkhagtorn
Polish: Głóg dwuszyjkowy
Portuguese: Pilriteiro
Russian: Боярышник обыкновенный, Боярышник сглаженный
Serbian: Crveni glog, Црвени глог, Чобаница
Slovak: Hloh krivokališný
Slovenian: Navadni glog, Rdeči glog
Spanish: Espino navarro, Majuelo de dos huesos
Swedish: Rundhagtorn
Welsh: Draenen wen Lefn

Synonyms

Crataegus ariifolia Cinovskis
Crataegus calycina var. walokochiana (Hrabětová) Cinovskis
Crataegus coriacea Gand.
Crataegus cuneatotrifida Lojac.
Crataegus laevigata f. bicrenulata Hrabětová ex Ker.-Nagy
Crataegus laevigata f. ellipticifolia (Cinovskis) Cinovskis
Crataegus laevigata f. rosea (Willd.) Geerinck
Crataegus laevigata subsp. carnoviensis (Hrabětová) Dostál
Crataegus laevigata subsp. laevigata
Crataegus laevigata subsp. palmstruchii (Lindm.) Franco
Crataegus laevigata subsp. vulgaris (Medik.) T.Baranec
Crataegus laevigata subsp. walokochiana (Hrabětová) Dostál
Crataegus laevigata subsp. walokochiana (Hrabětová) Holub
Crataegus laevigata var. carnoviensis (Hrabětová) Hrabětová
Crataegus laevigata var. integrifolia (Wallr.) Ker.-Nagy
Crataegus laevigata var. mathei (Pénzes) Ker.-Nagy
Crataegus laevigata var. microphylla (Lange) Hrabětová
Crataegus laevigata var. microxyacantha (Pénzes) Ker.-Nagy
Crataegus laevigata var. ovoxyacantha (Pénzes) Ker.-Nagy
Crataegus laevigata var. palmstruchii (Lindm.) P.D.Sell
Crataegus laevigata var. sorbifolia (Dippel) Ker.-Nagy
Crataegus laevigata var. vulgaris (DC.) P.A.Schmidt
Crataegus monogyna var. rosea (Willd.) K.Koch
Crataegus oxyacantha f. auriculata (Lange ex Dippel) C.K.Schneid.
Crataegus oxyacantha f. auriculata C.K.Schneid.
Crataegus oxyacantha f. ellipticifolia Cinovskis
Crataegus oxyacantha f. gireoudii Späth
Crataegus oxyacantha f. gireoudii Späth ex C.K.Schneid.
Crataegus oxyacantha f. glabrata Sanio
Crataegus oxyacantha f. integrifolia (Wallr.) Fiori
Crataegus oxyacantha f. laevigata (Poir.) Beck
Crataegus oxyacantha f. oxyacanthoides (Thuill.) Fiori
Crataegus oxyacantha f. rosea (Willd.) Rehder
Crataegus oxyacantha f. vernicosa (Lange) C.K.Schneid.
Crataegus oxyacantha prol. polygyna H.Lév.
Crataegus oxyacantha subsp. carnoviensis Hrabětová
Crataegus oxyacantha subsp. joachymii Hrabětová
Crataegus oxyacantha subsp. laevigata (Poir.) Gost.-Jak.
Crataegus oxyacantha subsp. oxyacanthoides (Thuill.) Maire
Crataegus oxyacantha subsp. oxyacanthoides (Thuill.) Arcang.

and 65 more.

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 170 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Alessia Guggisberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: bemma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Uschi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Olivier Niederhauser, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Tom Garner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Andy Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Denys Vynokurov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.