Rosaceae
Purple crab apple
Malus × purpurea
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Malus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- تفاح أرجواني
- arz
- تفاح ارجوانى
- Chinese
- 紫紅海棠, 紫红海棠
- English
- Purple crab apple
- German
- Blutapfel, Purpurapfel
- Polish
- Jabłoń purpurowa
Synonyms
- Pyrus purpurea (A.Barbier) Woolley
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Hall crab appleMalus hallianaRosaceae
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- Southern crab appleMalus angustifoliaRosaceae
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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.