Hawthorn - Crataegus monogyna
Shrub or small tree from 2 to 10 metres. Branches spiny, leaves wedge shaped and deeply 3 to 7 lobed. Flowers white (sometimes pinkish) 8 to 15 mm fragrant with rounded petals and usually 1 style. Berry red containing a single stone.
Hedgerows, thickets, woodland.
May and June.
Deciduous.
Very common throughout Britain except in the extreme north.
Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 606 of the 617 tetrads.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Hawthorn
- Species group:
- Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Rosales
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 902
- First record:
- 01/01/1979 (Patricia Evans)
- Last record:
- 21/01/2025 (Isabel Raval)
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If you've recognised Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, look out for these other species that rely on this plant for all or part of their lifecycle.
Eriophyes crataegi
These small, pale green patches on Hawthorn leaves are galls caused by the mite Eriophyes crataegi. Each blister contains numerous mites.
Phyllocoptes goniothorax
Pale, curled edges on Hawthorn leaves are galls caused by the mite Phyllocoptes goniothorax. The rolls are only 2mm in diameter but can extend along most of the leaf margin, and affect lots of leaves.