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Russian Hawthorn

Crataegus ambigua

Russian Hawthorn
Photo: Nadiatalent, Public domain
Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Ukraine to E. Türkiye and Caucasus
Climate
temperate

About

Crataegus ambigua is a species of thorn (hawthorn) native to Western Asia and Eastern Europe, including Armenia, Iran, Russia, and Turkey. It grows as a shrub or tree up to about 12 m in height. The fruit is dark red to purple or black, with one or two stones (pyrenes).

Crataegus ambigua is closely related to Crataegus songarica, a species that has black fruit.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crataegus ambigua by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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