Rosaceae
Plumleaf crab apple
Malus prunifolia
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Malus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Plumleaf crab apple
Synonyms
- Malus domestica subsp. prunifolia (Willd.) Likhonos
- Malus grandiflora (Asami) Koidz.
- Malus prunifolia f. alba Asami
- Malus prunifolia f. coccinea Dippel
- Malus prunifolia f. conocarpa Dippel
- Malus prunifolia f. dulcis Dippel
- Malus prunifolia f. edulis Dippel
- Malus prunifolia f. fastigiata Rehder
- Malus prunifolia f. fastigiata-bifera (Dieck ex C.K.Schneid.) Al.Fed.
- Malus prunifolia f. fructo-striato Zabel
- Malus prunifolia f. lutea (Bean) Al.Fed.
- Malus prunifolia f. pendula (Neubert) Rehder
- Malus prunifolia f. semiplena Asami
- Malus prunifolia var. grandiflora Asami
- Malus prunifolia var. longifolia Asami
- Malus prunifolia var. lutea Bean
- Malus prunifolia var. obliquipedicellata X.W.Li & J.W.Sun
- Malus prunifolia var. ovicarpa Asami
- Malus prunifolia var. pendula (Neubert) Bean
- Malus prunifolia var. prunifolia
- Malus prunifolia var. pulverulenta Lavallée
- Malus ringo unranked fastigiata-bifera Dieck ex C.K.Schneid.
- Pyrus ceratocarpa Wender.
- Pyrus polonica K.Koch
- Pyrus prunifolia Willd.
- Pyrus prunifolia var. calvillea Regel
- Pyrus prunifolia var. chlorocarpa Regel
- Pyrus prunifolia var. conocarpa Regel
- Pyrus prunifolia var. genuina Regel
- Pyrus prunifolia var. intermedia Regel
- Pyrus prunifolia var. macrocarpa Regel
- Pyrus prunifolia var. microcarpa Regel
- Pyrus prunifolia var. oviformis Regel
- Pyrus prunifolia var. pendula Neubert
- Pyrus prunifolia var. sanguinea Regel
- Pyrus prunifolia var. striata Regel
- Pyrus prunifolia var. xanthocarpa Regel
- Pyrus sibirica K.Koch
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: BS Thurner Hof, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: JMUAIANWNC 3366688, 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, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.