Rosaceae
Southern crab apple
Malus angustifolia
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Malus
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- تفاح رفيع الأوراق
- arz
- تفاح رفيع الاوراق
- Azerbaijani
- Daryarpaq alma
- Bulgarian
- Теснолистна ябълка
- Chinese
- 南海棠果
- Czech
- Jabloň úzkolistá
- English
- Southern crab apple
- French
- Pommetier austral
- German
- Südlicher Wildapfel
- Russian
- Яблоня узколистная
Synonyms
- Chloromeles sempervirens (Desf.) Decne.
- Malus angustifolia f. pendula Rehder
- Malus angustifolia unranked florepleno Morel
- Malus angustifolia var. angustifolia
- Malus angustifolia var. puberula (Rehder) Rehder
- Malus angustifolia var. spinosa (Rehder) C.F.Reed
- Malus coronaria var. angustifolia (Aiton) Ponomar.
- Malus coronaria var. puberula Rehder
- Malus ioensis var. spinosa Rehder
- Malus microcarpa A.Sav.
- Malus microcarpa unranked cerasiformis Carrière
- Malus microcarpa unranked jucunda Carrière
- Malus microcarpa unranked kermesina Carrière
- Malus microcarpa unranked macrantha Carrière
- Malus microcarpa unranked sempervirens (Desf.) Carrière
- Malus microcarpa unranked turbinata Carrière
- Malus sempervirens Desf.
- Pyrus angustifolia Aiton
- Pyrus angustifolia unranked bechtelii Rehder
- Pyrus angustifolia var. florepleno Anon.
- Pyrus angustifolia var. puberula (Rehder) L.H.Bailey
- Pyrus angustifolia var. spinosa (Rehder) L.H.Bailey
- Pyrus coronaria var. angustifolia (Aiton) Wenz.
- Pyrus ioensis var. spinosa (Rehder) L.H.Bailey
- Pyrus sempervirens (Desf.) Willd.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 115 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Chelsea Smith, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jacob Malcom, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leila Dasher, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Laura Gaudette, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Russell P. Rai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Irina S.B., CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Kees, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: trudypom, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nonbinary-Naturalist, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.