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Arborescent shrub or tree to 12 m; thorns 1–2 cm, lateral on the twigs and also terminating short stout branches; lvs ovate to rhombic or obovate, cuneate to truncate at base, glabrous, or sometimes slightly hairy beneath when young, dark green, deeply cleft with 3–5(7) lobes, the veins running to the sinuses as well as to the points of the lobes; petioles from 1/4 to fully as long as the blade; fls 0.9–1.2 cm wide, in glabrous or slightly villous compound cymes; sep deltoid, entire; fr red, 5–8 mm thick, with thin flesh and usually a single nutlet. Native of Europe and w. Asia, often escaped from cult. in our range. (C. oxyacantha, a rejected name)
A small deciduous tree. It can grow to 9-14 m tall. The bark is greyish-brown with many small scales. The leaves are alternate. They are 2-3 cm long. The leaves have 5-7 jagged lobes. They turn yellow-brown in autumn. There are a pair of leafy growths near the base of each leaf. The thorns are short 1-2 cm. They are grey and straight. The flowers are single and red, pink or white. They have a scent. The fruit are small and red. It has a single style and fruit stone. The fruit are 6-8 mm across.
Perennial shrub or tree, 2-10 m; branches thorny, glabrous or with few short hairs, thorns 20-25 mm long. Leaves 30-50 mm with 3-7 deeply cut lobes, whitish green beneath, hairy. Stipules entire. Inflorescences umbellate panicles. Flowers: calyx lobes oblong; corolla 8-15 mm in diam., white; stamens 20, anthers red. Flowering time Sept. Fruit rounded to ovoid, bright red. Seed solitary.
Shrub or small tree, up to 10 m high; deciduous. Stems armed; glabrous. Leaves simple; blade deeply 3-or 5-lobed, lobed > 1/2-way to midrib. Flowers: in broad, dense, flattened clusters; petals white, 8-15 mm long; Aug.-Nov. Fruit a crimson or red, globose berry.
