Crataegus spathulata

Crataegus spathulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Crataegus
Series:	Microcarpae; (Loudon) Rehder[1]
Species:	C. spathulata
Binomial name
	Crataegus spathulata; Michx.

Crataegus spathulata is a species hawthorn known by the common name littlehip hawthorn. It is native to the southeastern United States^[2]. It has very attractive small delicate leaves with a bluish appearance, pretty flowers and small orange to red fruit.^[1]

Bark of C. spathulata

References

1 2 Phipps, J.B.; O’Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Cambridge, U.K.: Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0881925918.
↑ "Crataegus spathulata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 22 September 2018.

External links

Zvezdana Ukropina-Crawford, "Littlehip Hawthorn, Crataegus spathulata Michx.", Discoveries of the New Plants Species in Northeast Georgia, Southeastern United States in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries, retrieved 3 May 2015

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[Phipps-1] 1 2 Phipps, J.B.; O’Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Cambridge, U.K.: Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0881925918.

[2] "Crataegus spathulata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 22 September 2018.