Global InformationCrataegus persimilis information
| Crataegus persimilis | |
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| In early fall | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subtribe: | Malinae |
| Genus: | Crataegus |
| Species: | C. persimilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Crataegus persimilis Sarg.[1]
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Crataegus persimilis is a species of hawthorn, known by the common names plumleaf hawthorn and broad-leaved cockspur thorn, native to southern Ontario, Canada, and the US states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia. It is widely cultivated, particularly in Europe, as an ornamental. Its sporadic distribution in its natural range and certain of its morphological characters leads authorities to consider it a probable naturally occurring hybrid, with its most likely parents being Crataegus succulenta (fleshy hawthorn) and Crataegus crus-galli (cockspur hawthorn). It is a tetraploid. Some populations may be self-perpetuating. Its 'Prunifolia' cultivar has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit,[2] and is considered one of its top 5 trees for smaller gardens.[3]
- ^ Proc. Rochester Acad. Sci. 4:94. 1903
- ^ "Crataegus persimilis 'Prunifolia'". Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Trees for smaller gardens". Retrieved 19 January 2020.