Crataegus microphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae. It is a hawthorn found in the former Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Crimea, European Russia, the Transcaucasus, Anatolia, Iraq and Iran. Typically a slender shrub, it is occasionally grown as an ornamental.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Small-leaved hawthorn being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Crataegus rhipidophylla
- Crataegus ucrainica
- Crataegus monogyna
- Crataegus songarica
- Crataegus ambigua
- Crataegus pinnatifida
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Crataegus
- Species
- Crataegus microphylla
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