Crataegus flava Aiton (1789:169)
Yellow hawthorn
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Mespilus flava (Aiton) Dum.Cours. in Bot. Cult. 3: 328 (1802); Anthomeles flava (Aiton) M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 142 (1847); Anthomeles glandulosa M.Roem. in Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 141 (1847), nom. illeg. superfl.; Crataegus flexispina Sarg. in Gard. & Forest 2: 424 (1889), nom. illeg. superfl.
For an exhaustive list of heterotypic synonyms see (POWO, 2026).
Conservation Status
Missing (NatureServe, 2026)
Last record: early 1900's (NatureServe, 2026)
Distribution & Habitat
Florida, Georgia & South Carolina, USA
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). (2014). Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 9. Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 713 pp.
Kartesz, J. T. (1994). A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Lance, Ron. (2014). Haws: A Guide to Hawthorns of the Southeastern United States. Ron Lance, Mills River, NC. 518 pp.
NatureServe. (2026). Crataegus flava: Yellow Hawthorn. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at: https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed on 21 August 2026]
POWO. (2026). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 21 August 2026]
Weakley, A.S., and Southeastern Flora Team. (2023). Flora of the southeastern United States. Edition of April 14, 2023. University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU), North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. 2105 pp.