Crataegus punctata Jacq.

Arborescent shrub or usually a small tree to 10 m; twigs glabrous, usually with thorns 4–6 cm; lvs thick and firm, with impressed veins above, dull, glabrous or short-hairy on one or both surfaces, the floral ones mostly obovate, 2.5–6 × 1.5–4.5 cm, lobeless or only obscurely and shallowly lobed, the vegetative ones mostly larger, sometimes more rhombic or suborbicular, and often ± lobed; fls 1–2 cm wide, in villous or glabrous compound cymes; sep lanceolate or lance-linear, entire or glandular-serrate; fr 0.8–1.5 cm thick, dull or sometimes bright red to yellow; nutlets 3–5; 2n=34. Nf., Que., and N. Engl. to S.C. and Ga., w. to Minn., Io., and Okla. (C. collina; C. peoriensis; C. recedens; C. suborbiculata; C. verruculosa)

Open rocky ground, thickets and pasture. Rich hillsides. Open sites, fencerows, successional fields, brush, light shade in woodlands, edges of mesic hardwood forests, brushy secondary forests; at elevations from 30-1,800 metres.

Plants can be grown from seed. The seed need cold treatment. Plants can also be grafted.