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Hawthorn

Rosaceae Crataegus monogyna

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Flower Info:

Petal # 5

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Type	Categories	Useful Parts
Shrub

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Rosaceae Family

Crataegus Genus

Other Names for this Plant

May, Mayblossom, Maythorn, Quickthorn, Whitethorn, Motherdie, Haw.

Location

Utah.

Physical Description

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A dense shrub. The flower is a classic Rose Family flower, a hemaphrodite with five white petals and many anthers in the center. The leaf is mirrored bi-symmetrically, with 5-7 rounded lobes. The berry is a pome and has one seed and is shaped like a long acorn or olive.

Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna - YouTube.com

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Rosaceae

Order of Roses

Nitrogen Bean Clad

Bean-Like Class

Real Rose Class

Rose-Like Class

Main, Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Eudicots

Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots)

Mesangiospermae

Half Capsule Seed Division

Magnolia Division

Seed Plants

Real Land Plants

Multiple Spore Sub-Kingdom

Stomatophytes

Air Pores Sub-Kingdom

Embryophytes

Multicellular Land Plants

Streptobionta

Multicellular Plants

Plantae

Plants

Eukaryota

Cells with a Nucleus

General Information

Parts used medicinally are usually twigs with both leaves and flowers, or alternatively the fruit. These are said to help blood flow.

High BTU output for fires.
Berries can be made into jelly, and into wines and liquors .

Common hybrid is Crataegus x media (Crataegus monogyna x Crataegus laevigata)
One specimen located in Norfolk, U.K. is said to have been planted in the 1300s making it over 700 years old.

Unknown Red Rose Berry
Unknown Red Rose Berry - October 12, 2009