Rosaceae
Prairie crab apple
Malus ioensis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Malus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Prairie crab apple, Iowa crab, Prairie crabapple
- Russian
- Яблоня айовская
Synonyms
- Malus angustifolia unranked plena Hartwig
- Malus coronaria subsp. ioensis (Alph.Wood) Likhonos
- Malus coronaria var. ioensis (Alph.Wood) C.K.Schneid.
- Malus ioensis f. fimbriata A.D.Slavin
- Malus ioensis f. plena (Hartwig) Rehder
- Malus ioensis var. bushii Rehder
- Malus ioensis var. creniserrata Rehder
- Malus ioensis var. ioensis
- Malus ioensis var. palmeri Rehder
- Malus ioensis var. texana Rehder
- Malus ioensis var. typica Rehder
- Pyrus coronaria var. ioensis Alph.Wood
- Pyrus ioensis (Alph.Wood) Carruth
- Pyrus ioensis (Alph.Wood) Carruth.
- Pyrus ioensis var. bushii (Rehder) L.H.Bailey
- Pyrus ioensis var. creniserrata (Rehder) L.H.Bailey
- Pyrus ioensis var. glabra Clute
- Pyrus ioensis var. palmeri (Rehder) L.H.Bailey
- Pyrus ioensis var. texana (Rehder) L.H.Bailey
- Pyrus iowensis MacMill.
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: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AddieWillow, 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.