Crataegus spathulata

Crataegus spathulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Crataegus
Series:	Microcarpae; (Loudon) Rehder
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]

References

^ ^a ^b Phipps, J.B.; O’Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Cambridge, U.K.: Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0881925918.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Crataegus spathulata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. 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] Phipps, J.B.; O’Kennon, R.J.; Lance, R.W. (2003). Hawthorns and medlars. Cambridge, U.K.: Royal Horticultural Society. ISBN 0881925918.

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Crataegus spathulata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 22 September 2018.

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