Crataegus monogyna

Growing form

Spiny shrub or small tree.

Size

1–6 m high.

Stem

The branches are gray-brown and glabrous. The spines are 8–20 mm long.

Leaf

The lamina is 3–5 cm long, with 3–7 lobes and glabrous. The lobes are obtuse and entire or there can be couple of teeth at the apex of a lobe. The veins reach the apices and teeth of the lobes and sinuses between the lobes. The stipules are entire or finely toothed.

Flower

The inflorescence is a panicle. The branches of the panicle are glabrous or pubescent. The corolla is white and 10–15 mm long with five petals. There are 18–20 stamens with reddish anthers and a gynoecium with one stigma in a flower. The ovary is inferior. The sepals are retrorse, deltate and obtuse.

Fruit and seed

The fruit is an ovoid burgundy single-seeded drupe of size 6–10 mm.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Excursion to Åland - Nåtö biological research station, yard and garden of the station CC BY 4.0

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Observations
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Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Crataegus monogyna
Author
Jacq.
Vernacular names
  • tylppöorapihlaja (Finnish)
  • trubbhagtorn (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.38931
Taxon rank
species
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
Status in Finland
  • 1 - spreading in the wild; to a small degree of cultivated origin
  • AOV - spontaneous, old, resident
Regulatory Status
  • Threatened species (NCD 1997/160, Appendix 4 2021/521) ?
  • OUTDATED Safeguarding Endangered Species in Forestry – Project 2007-2010 ?
  • Connectivity of forest conservation areas – SUMI Project 2020 ?
  • Vascular plants – SUMI Project 2022 ?
  • Safeguarding Endangered Species in Forestry – Lajiturva Project 2019–2021 ?
  • Species used in the automatic procedure for forest use notifications (MKI-OHKE 2023) ?
  • OUTDATED Threatened species (NCD 1997/160, Appendix 4 2013/471) ?
Finnish Regional Red List Category
  • 2019 CR – Critically Endangered
  • 2010 VU – Vulnerable
  • 2000 VU – Vulnerable
Expert
  • Arto Kurtto
DNA barcode sequences
Crataegus monogyna
36 public records
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants
  • Berry plants