Crataegus coccinioides is a species of hawthorn known by the common names Kansas hawthorn and large-flowered cockspurthorn. Crataegus coccinioides is native from Kansas, to New England, and the southernmost parts of Ontario and Quebec. It has large flowers and leaves and fruit that appear pinkish until polished to reveal the red colour underneath the wax bloom. Crataegus coccinioides (or its var. locuples) is a synonym of Crataegus dilatata.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Large-flowered Cockspurthorn 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 coccinea
- Crataegus fretalis
- Crataegus schuettei
- Crataegus holmesiana
- Crataegus pennsylvanica
- Crataegus submollis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Crataegus
- Species
- Crataegus coccinioides
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