What is Hawthorn?
{{citation style|date=August 2020}} {{no footnotes|date=August 2020}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Hawthorns | image = Crataegus, various species, fruit.jpg | image_caption = Fruit of four different species of ''Crataegus'' (clockwise from top left: ''[[Crataegus coccinea|C. coccinea]]'', ''[[Crataegus punctata|C. punctata]]'', ''[[Crataegus ambigua|C. ambigua]]'' and ''[[Crataegus douglasii|C. douglasii]]'') | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Crataegus | authority = [[Joseph Pitton de Tournefort|Tourn.]] ''ex'' [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] | type_species = ''[[Crataegus rhipidophylla]]''&nbsp;<ref>{{cite book |author=J. B. Phipps |year=1997 |title=Monograph of northern Mexican ''Crataegus'' (Rosaceae, subfam. Maloideae) |volume=15 |series=Sida, Botanical Miscellany |publisher=[[Botanical Research Institute of Texas]] |isbn=9781889878294 |page=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXbTWqqkYJsC&pg=PA12}}</ref> | type_species_authority = [[Michel Gandoger|Gand.]] }} '''''Crataegus''''' (commonly called '''hawthorn''') is a large [[genus]] of [[shrub]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Rosaceae]]. They are found in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[North America]]. The name hawthorn used to be used for the [[species]] found only in northern Europe but is now used for the entire genus. The same name is also used for the related [[Asia]]n genus ''[[Rhaphiolepis]]''. Hawthorn are shrubs and small [[tree]]s. They grow to 5-15 [[metre|m]] tall and have small [[fruit]]. The fruit are called '''haws'''. ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.bjucmp.edu.cn/zcy/Bh3-6.htm Photos of Chinese haw berries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060519041151/http://www.bjucmp.edu.cn/zcy/bh3-6.htm |date=2006-05-19 }} * [http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Crataegus Medicinal uses of Hawthorn in Armenia] * [http://www.pfaf.org/leaflets/crataegs.php Edible uses of hawthorns at Plants For A Future] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423054411/http://www.pfaf.org/leaflets/crataegs.php |da