Rosaceae
Sweet crab apple
Malus coronaria
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Malus
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- تفاح إكليلي, تفاح أجلك, تفاح أريجي, تفاح سناني الأوراق
- arz
- تفاح اكليلى
- Chinese
- 狭叶海棠, 花环海棠
- Czech
- Jabloň korunná
- English
- Sweet crab apple, Biltmore's crabapple
- Russian
- Яблоня венечная
- Spanish
- Manzano silvestre americano
- Vietnamese
- Táo dại quả ngọt
Synonyms
- Crataegus coronaria (L.) Salisb.
- Malus angustifolia var. flore-pleno Morel
- Malus bracteata Rehder
- Malus carolinensis Ashe
- Malus carolinensis var. ellipsoidalis Ashe
- Malus coronaria f. charlottae Rehder
- Malus coronaria f. flore-pleno (Morel) Al.Fed.
- Malus coronaria f. nieuwlandiana A.D.Slavin
- Malus coronaria unranked aurea Krüssm.
- Malus coronaria var. angustifolia (Rehder) Likhonos
- Malus coronaria var. bracteata (Rehder) Likhonos
- Malus coronaria var. coronaria
- Malus coronaria var. dasycalyx Rehder
- Malus coronaria var. elongata (Rehder) Rehder
- Malus coronaria var. glabrata (Rehder) Likhonos
- Malus coronaria var. glaucescens (Rehder) Likhonos
- Malus coronaria var. lancifolia (Rehder) C.F.Reed
- Malus coronaria var. plena C.K.Schneid.
- Malus coronaria var. typica Rehder
- Malus elongata (Rehder) Ashe
- Malus elongata var. pubens Ashe
- Malus fragrans Rehder
- Malus fragrans var. elongata Rehder
- Malus glabrata Rehder
- Malus glaucescens Rehder
- Malus lancifolia Rehder
- Malus microcarpa unranked coronaria (L.) Carrière
- Malus suaveolens (Wender.) M.Roem.
- Pyrus bracteata (Rehder) L.H.Bailey
- Pyrus carolinensis (Ashe) Ashe
- Pyrus carolinensis var. ellipsoidalis (Ashe) Ashe
- Pyrus coronaria L.
- Pyrus coronaria f. florepleno Anon.
- Pyrus coronaria f. plena (C.K.Schneid.) Voss
- Pyrus coronaria var. dasycalyx (Rehder) Fernald
- Pyrus coronaria var. elongata (Rehder) L.H.Bailey
- Pyrus coronaria var. fragrans (Rehder) Farw.
- Pyrus coronaria var. lancifolia (Rehder) Fernald
- Pyrus coronaria var. sempervirens Weston
- Pyrus coronaria var. tomentella Farw.
and 7 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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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.