Rosaceae
Plumleaf hawthorn
Crataegus persimilis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Crataegus
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- زعرور خوخي الورق
- Chinese
- 梅叶山楂
- Czech
- Hloh slivoňolistý
- English
- Plumleaf hawthorn, Nude hawthorn
- Welsh
- Draenen wen lydanddail
Synonyms
- Crataegus cerasina Sarg.
- Crataegus crus-galli var. prunifolia Loudon
- Crataegus laetifica Sarg.
- Crataegus nuda Sarg.
- Crataegus prunifolia Pers.
- Mespilus prunifolia Poir.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: eric hill, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF ![Plumleaf hawthorn: 梅葉山楂 Crataegus persimilis 'Prunifolia' [挪威 Lillehammer, Norway]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/%E6%A2%85%E8%91%89%E5%B1%B1%E6%A5%82_Crataegus_persimilis_%27Prunifolia%27_-%E6%8C%AA%E5%A8%81_Lillehammer%2C_Norway-_%2836200943196%29.jpg/1280px-%E6%A2%85%E8%91%89%E5%B1%B1%E6%A5%82_Crataegus_persimilis_%27Prunifolia%27_-%E6%8C%AA%E5%A8%81_Lillehammer%2C_Norway-_%2836200943196%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lyndon Chan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gabriella da Costa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gabriella da Costa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 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.