Flower Notes:
White (3" clusters (corymbs) of small (0.75" dia.), malodorous, white flowers)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Glossy dark green summer foliage); Red (Bronze to red fall foliage)
Fruit Notes:
Red (Orangish-red clusters of fruits that persist through winter and sometimes even into spring)
Soil Notes:
Tolerant to soil type, as long as it is well-drained
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves (2-4" long by 1-2.5" wide) are alternate, simple, narrow-elliptic to obovate, and irregularly toothed with an acuminate apex and pubescence underneath. Thorns are present on stems, but not in the density of many other hawthorn species, such as C. crusgalli, one of its parents.
