Rosaceae
Green hawthorn
Crataegus viridis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Crataegus
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- زعرور أخضر
- azb
- یاشیل یئمیشان
- Azerbaijani
- Yaşıl yemişan
- Bulgarian
- Зелен глог
- Chinese
- 绿山楂
- English
- Green hawthorn
- Persian
- زالزالک سبز
- Russian
- Боярышник зелёный
- udm
- Вож атасгурӟон
Synonyms
- Crataegus apiifolia Loudon
- Crataegus coccinea var. viridis (L.) L.
- Crataegus viridis f. viridis
- Crataegus viridis var. lutescens (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer
- Mespilus coccinea var. viridis (L.) Castigl.
- Mespilus viridis (L.) Cramer
- Phaenopyrum viride (L.) M.Roem.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Scott Zona, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, 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.