Chinese Hawthorn; Chinese Hawberry; Mountain Hawthorn
Crataegus pinnatifida · Rosaceae · 산사나무
How to spot it
Unlike most hawthorns, it has few, short thorns.
Look
- Leaves
- Leaves are egg-shaped to wedge-shaped, 5-10 cm long, deeply cut into 5-9 lobes with notched teeth on the margin.
- Flowers
- In April-May, white flowers about 2 cm across gather in clusters about 7.5 cm across.
- Fruit
- Round, light red fruits about 2 cm across, edible raw or cooked; they attract birds.
- Bark
- Thin and gray; on older trunks it splits into narrow scales.
Where it grows
- Native to
- From the Russian Far East to China and Japan; the range is described as northern China and Korea.
- Ecology
- A nectar source and a larval host plant for three butterfly species, including hairstreaks.