Common name: Hawthorn
Crataegus monogyna Jacq. APNI* 
Description: Small tree or large shrub, usually with spines 7–20 mm long; sometimes planted for hedges.
Leaves ± rhombic to obovate, 10–40 mm long and wide, commonly 3–7-lobed, lobes often cuneate, toothed; petiole 5–30 mm long.
Petals white or pink. Carpel 1, style 1.
Pome subglobose, 8–12 mm diam., dark red; 1-seeded.
Distribution and occurrence: Widely cultivated, often naturalized in cooler areas. Native of Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS
Other Australian states: *Vic. *Tas. *S.A.
Formerly placed in the family Malaceae (now part of Rosaceae), e.g. Flora of New South Wales Vol. 1 (1990). A number of subspecies of Crataegus monogyna have been recognized with two of these recorded in Australia, but it is very doubtful that any division of material naturalized in Australia can be sustained. However, material appears closest to subsp. nordica Franco.
Text by G.J. Harden & A.N. Rodd
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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