Shrubs or trees, ?dense, often suberect?, 20–70 dm. Stems: ?compound thorns on trunks present?; twigs: new growth reddish brown, 1-year old dull purple-brown, 2-years old dull gray, older paler; thorns on twigs straight to slightly recurved, 2-years old deep purple to shiny black, usually ± fine, 3–5 cm. Leaves: petiole length 50–66% blade, sparsely glandular; blade trullate to ovate, ovate-oblong, or broadly rhombic, rarely ± deltate, 2–6(–7) cm, subcoriaceous, base broadly cuneate to subtruncate to weakly subcordate, lobes (1–)3 or 4 per side, sinuses shallow to deeper, lobe apex acute, sometimes ± obtuse, margins serrate, veins 5 or 6 per side (except smaller leaves), apex acute, surfaces glabrous (except var. virella). Inflorescences 5–10-flowered; branches glabrous, sometimes sparsely villous; bracteoles caducous, ?usually few?, margins short-stipitate-glandular. Flowers 15–25 mm diam.; sepals narrowly triangular, 5–6 mm, margins usually entire or subentire, rarely glandular-serrate, abaxially glabrous; stamens (10 or)20, anthers pale pink to bright rose or dull purple, sometimes cream, 0.6–0.8 mm; styles 3–5. Pomes greenish with pink or mauve areas, sometimes bright crimson or scarlet, ?often rather angular?, 10–20 mm diam., highly pruinose, ?not punctate?; ?flesh hard?; sepals on collar, spreading; pyrenes 3–5.
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Arborescent shrub or small tree to 8 m, with intricately thorny branches; lvs firm, mostly rounded or truncate to subcordate at base, rather broadly ovate or deltoid to rhombic or elliptic, with shallow lateral lobes, mostly 2.5–6 × 2–5 cm, usually glabrous from the first; petiole 1/3 to nearly as long as the blade; fls 1.2–2 cm wide, in small, nearly simple, glabrous cymes; sep narrow, entire or nearly so; fr red or sometimes greenish, mostly 1–1.5 cm thick, with prominent, usually elevated cal; nutlets (2)3–5; 2n=51, 68. Nf. to N.C., w. to Wis. and Okla. (C. compacta; C. crawfordiana; C. disjuncta; C. franklinensis; C. gattingeri; C. gaudens; C. jesupii; C. leiophylla; C. mackenzii; C. milleri; C. platycarpa; C. porteri; C. rugosa; C. virella)
A small tree. It grows 6 m tall. It has sharp thorns. They are 25 mm long. The leaves are 6 cm long and oval in shape. They have sharp teeth. There are shallow lobes near the tips. The leaves have red tints when young and become dark green. The flowers are white and in clusters 12 mm wide. The fruit are red.
Thickets and rocky ground in open woods. Slopes of low hills, often in limestone soils. Open scrub, light woodland shade; at elevations from 20-1,300 metres
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Temperate. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.
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