Citation: Jacq., Fl. Austr. 3:50 (1775). May.

Synonymy: Mespilus monogyna (Jacq.)All., Fl. Ped. 2:141 (1785); C. oxyacantha L., Sp. Pl. 477 (1753), sp. ambig.

Common name: None

Description:
Spiny shrub or small tree; leaves petiolate, ovate-cuneate, pinnatipartite, with 3-7 divergent lobes, sparsely pubescent.

Flowers fragrant, in corymbs; petals longer than sepals, white or pink.

Carpel with 1 style, developing a bony endocarp, 1-seeded and becoming united with the fleshy hollow receptacle which becomes a small ovoid red fruit 8-10 mm long.

	Crataegus monogyna
Image source: fig 236a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Morley & Toelken (1983) Flowering plants in Australia, fig. 90i & k.

Distribution:  Introduced as an ornamental, now weedy and naturalised. S.Aust.: NL, SL, SE.   N.S.W.; Vic.   Native of Europe. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: in late spring, Oct. — Nov.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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