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Young twigs villous, later glabrate; lvs broadly ovate to deltoid, 0.5-5 cm long and often as wide or wider, deeply and laciniately lobed, the lobes coarsely toothed or again cleft near the tip, villous above and thickly gray-pubescent beneath when young, glabrous or nearly so at maturity; petiole villous when young, often equaling or longer than the blade; fls 1-1.2 cm wide, in villous compound cymes; fr 4-8 mm thick; plants otherwise much like no. 2 [Crataegus spathulata Michx.]. S. Va. to Fla. and Tex., n. in the Mississippi Valley to se. Mo. and s. Ill.
A shrub. It grows 8 m tall. It has a single stem. It loses its leaves during the year. The leaves are simple and alternate. The flowers are white and in groups. The fruit are red berries. They are edible.
