Common name:
Common hawthorn
Family:
Scientific name:
Crataegus monogyna
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK; less common only in far north Scotland
Height:
Up to 12 m
Habitat:
Woodland, hedgebanks
Flowers:
Five clawed white (occasionally pink) petals, blades of which are rounded, and slightly uneven around the margins, around a group of white stamens and one style, topped by a spherical stigma. Flowers form flat clusters, of around a dozen heads
Fruit:
Red berries
Leaves:
Pale green, shiny, divided into three, five or seven broad, pointed lobes, with pinnate veins. Branches also have many sharp spines
Season:
May to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
