List of hawthorn species with yellow fruit
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Crataegus
Crataegus , commonly called hawthorn or thornapple, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. The name hawthorn was originally applied to the species native to northern Europe,...

(hawthorn) have red fruit, others can have black or purple fruit, and some have yellow or orange fruit.

Eurasian species

  • C. altaica
    Crataegus altaica
    Crataegus altaica is a species of hawthorn. It is consideredto be a synonym of C. wattiana....

  • C. azarolus
    Crataegus azarolus
    Crataegus azarolus is a species of hawthorn known by the common names azarole, mosphilla, and Mediterranean medlar. It is native to the Mediterranean Basin and it is grown there and elsewhere as an ornamental tree and for its fruit. It has been used historically for a number of medicinal purposes.C...

  • C. ×bornmuelleri, fruit yellowish, orange, or red
  • C. cuneata
    Crataegus cuneata
    Crataegus cuneata is a species of hawthorn known by the common names Chinese hawthorn or Japanese hawthorn. It is native to China, and is widely cultivated in Japan. It is used for bonsai. The fruit can be red or yellow....

    fruit can be red or yellow, native to China
  • C. dahurica
  • C. ferganensis
  • C. kansuensis
  • C. laevigata cultivar 'François Rigaud'
  • C. orientalis
    Crataegus orientalis
    Crataegus orientalis is a species of hawthorn native to the Mediterranean region, Turkey, Caucasia, Crimea, and western Iran, with fruits that are orange or various shades of red....

     var.
    pojarkovae
  • C. ×pseudoazarolus, fruit orange to almost black
  • C. pycnoloba
    Crataegus pycnoloba
    Crataegus pycnoloba is a species of hawthorn native to the mountains of the northern and central Peloponnesus of Greece. The plant is a shrub or rarely a small tree. The fruit are red or dark reddish brown when immature, but later develop a yellow background colour....

    , immature red fruit ripen to largely yellow
  • C. scabrifolia
    Crataegus scabrifolia
    Crataegus scabrifolia is a hawthorn from China that grows at altitudes between 1520 and 2400 m in areas with high rainfall. It is usually a large shrub or small tree, and usually without thorns. The edible fruit are large for a hawthorn, up to 2.5 cm in diameter, red or yellow, and are sold in...

    , fruit can be red or yellow
  • C. tanacetifolia
    Crataegus tanacetifolia
    Crataegus tanacetifolia is a species of hawthorn. It is native to Turkey where it occurs on dry slopes or in rocky places, usually on calcareous rocks....

  • C. ×tianshanica
  • C. tkatschenkoi (syn: C. trilobata V.I.Tkachenko, nom. illeg.)
  • C. russanovii
  • C. wattiana
    Crataegus wattiana
    Crataegus wattiana is an Asian species of hawthorn. The original description states that it has yellow fruit with five stones .-References and external links:*...

  • C. zarrei, dark orange fruit

North American species

  • C. albicera, series Crus-galli
  • C. ambigens, series Silvicolae, fruit "greenish-yellow becoming dark purplish-red"
  • C. amica, series Flavae, fruit "orange blotched with red"
  • C. amplifica, series Pruinosae, fruit "light yellowish green to dark russet"
  • C. anisophylla, series Flavae, fruit orange or orange and red
  • C. angulata, series Pruinosae, fruit "light yellowish green becoming dark purplish-red"
  • C. annosa, series Apricae, fruit yellow or orange, with red
  • C. aprica
    Crataegus aprica
    Crataegus aprica is a species of hawthorn native to the southeastern US. It is a bush with small leaves and fruit that go through an apricot-coloured stage before becoming red.-References and external links:*...

    series Apricae, fruit ripen through a yellow or orange phase before changing to red
  • C. arenicola, series Uniflorae, fruit "orange or orange-red"
  • C. arta, series Crus-galli, fruit yellow-green and orange-red
  • C. attrita, series Flavae, fruit "yellow splashed with red"
  • C. audens, series Flavae, fruit "orange-yellow flushed with red"
  • C. aurescens, Series Madrenses
  • C. austrina, series Pulcherrimae, fruit yellow-green or orange
  • C. berberifolia, series Crus-galli, fruit orange or reddish
  • C. biltmoreana
    Crataegus biltmoreana
    Crataegus biltmoreana is a species of hawthorn native to the Southeastern U.S. It is one of many hawthorn species named by Chauncey Delos Beadle when he worked at the Biltmore Estate. The fruit are green, yellow, or orange. It is sometimes considered to be a synonym of C. intricata....

    , series Intricatae, fruit green, yellow, or orange
  • C. bisulcata, series Uniflorae
  • C. boothiana, series Tenuifoliae, fruit bright orange
  • C. boyntonii
    Crataegus boyntonii
    Crataegus boyntonii is a species of hawthorn native to the Southeastern U.S. Its fruit are "yellow-green flushed with red". It is sometimes considered to be a synonym of Crataegus intricata....

    , series Intricatae, fruit "yellow-green flushed with red"
  • C. calva, series Flavae, fruit yellow or orange-red
  • C. chrysocarpa
    Crataegus chrysocarpa
    Crataegus chrysocarpa is a species of hawthorn that is native to much of the continental US and Canada. Common names fireberry hawthorn and goldenberry hawthorn, as well as the scientific name all refer to the colour of the unripe fruit, although the mature fruit is red.Three varieties C....

    , series Rotundifoliae, fruit ripen through a yellow or orange phase before ripening to red
  • C. condigna, series Flavae, fruit "red or orange and greenish"
  • C. contrita, series Pulcherrimae, fruit green or greenish yellow
  • C. cornellii, series Intricatae
  • C. crocea, series Flavae, fruit "yellow to russet-red"
  • C. crocina, series Crus-galli
  • C. croomeana, series Uniflorae,
  • C. crus-galli, series Crus-galli, rare forms have yellow fruit,
  • C. cullasagensis, series Flavae, fruit "dark orange, mottled with orange-red and crimson"
  • C. dapsilis, series Flavae, fruit "yellow or orange and red"
  • C. darlingtoniana, series Intricatae
  • C. definita, series Intricatae, fruit green or greenish yellow
  • C. delosii, series Intricatae, fruit orange tinged with red
  • C. diversifolia, series Intricatae, fruit orange
  • C. dodgei, series Rotundifoliae, fruit "dull crimson or orange"
  • C. dolosa, series Flavae
  • C. earlei, series Uniflorae
  • C. edura, series Crus-galli
  • C. egens, series Flavae, fruit "orange-red or orange and red"
  • C. egglestonii, fruit "orange becoming crimson"
  • C. flava
    Crataegus flava
    Crataegus flava, summer haw, yellow-fruited thorn is a very rare species of hawthorn that was long known in cultivation in England but apparently is no longer grown. Unfortunately, due to an error by Sargent the name C. flava was, and often still is, used for a different species C. lacrimata, which...

    , series Flavae, fruit dull orange, a rare species whose name is rarely used correctly
  • C. flavida, series Intricatae
  • C. fortunata, series Intricatae
  • C. furtiva, series Flavae, fruit "orange or orange and red"
  • C. galbana, series Apricae, fruit orange to red
  • C. geniculata, series Flavae, fruit "lemon-yellow or orange mottled with red"
  • C. gilva, series Intricatae
  • C. glabrata, series Macracanthae, fruit "crimson blotched with yellow"
  • C. gracilior, series Crus-galli
  • C. harveyana, series Intricatae, fruit orange
  • C. ignava, series Apricae
  • C. illudens, series Flavae
  • C. incaedua, series Punctatae, fruit "yellowish red"
  • C. incana, series Flavae, fruit "orange-yellow or orange and red"
  • C. infesta, series Crus-galli
  • C. inopina, series Flavae, fruit "yellow or orange-yellow and red"
  • C. inops, series Flavae, fruit "orange or orange and red"
  • C. intricata
    Crataegus intricata
    Crataegus intricata is a species of hawthorn known by the common names Copenhagen hawthorn and thicket hawthorn. It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern United States. Its fruit are brown to red.-References and external links:* **...

    , series Intricatae
  • C. kelloggii, series Molles
  • C. lacrimata, series Flavae, fruit yellow or orange and red"
  • C. lecta, series Pruinosae, fruit "light yellow-green becoming red"
  • C. leimonia, series Silvicolae, fruit "orange-red blotched with yellow-green"
  • C. leonensis, series Apricae, fruit orange-red to russet, or blotched with green
  • C. lepida, series Flavae, fruit orange or orange-red
  • C. luteola, series Intricatae
  • C. margaretta, series Rotundifoliae, fruit "reddish or orange"
  • C. meridiana, series Flavae, fruit "orange, yellow, or yellow flushed with red"
  • C. mexicana
    Crataegus mexicana
    Crataegus mexicana is a species of hawthorn known by the common names tejocote, manzanita, tejocotera and Mexican hawthorn. It is native to the mountains of Mexico and parts of Guatemala, and has been introduced elsewhere in the Andes. The fruit of this species is one of the most useful among...

    , series Mexicanae
  • C. minutiflora, series Intricatae, fruit "dull orange or orange and green"
  • C. mira, series Apricae, fruit orange to red
  • C. modesta, series Intricatae, fruit "bright yellow or orange-red"
  • C. neofluvialis, series Macracanthae, fruit "greenish orange or flushed with red"
  • C. opaca
    Mayhaw
    Mayhaw is the name given to the fruit of the species of Crataegus series Aestivales that are common in wetlands throughout the southern United States. The principal species are C. aestivalis, the eastern Mayhaw, and C...

    , some cultivars
  • C. padifolia, series Intricatae, fruit "yellow flushed with pink, usually pink"
  • C. pallens, series Intricatae
  • C. panda, series Flavae, fruit "orange-red or orange tinged with red"
  • C. peckii, series Intricatae, fruit "light yellow-green or red tinged"
  • C. peramoena, series Macracanthae, fruit "light scarlet blotched with yellow"
  • C. pertomentosa, series Macracanthae, fruit "red or yellowish, becoming dark red"
  • C. pulcherrima, series Pulcherrimae, fruit yellow-green
  • C. pulla, series Flavae, fruit "orange-yellow flushed with red"
  • C. punctata
    Crataegus punctata
    Crataegus punctata is a species of hawthorn known by the common names dotted hawthorn or white haw that is native to most of the eastern U.S. and eastern Canada. It is the state flower of Missouri....

    var. aurea, series Punctatae
  • C. quaesila, series Flavae, fruit red and orange
  • C. radina, series Silvicolae, fruit "yellow-green to dark purplish-red"
  • C. raleighensis, series Uniflorae
  • C. rhodella, series Uniflorae, fruit orange and red
  • C. rimosa, series Flavae, fruit "yellow or orange-yellow and red"
  • C. riparia, series Silvicolae, fruit orange-yellow
  • C. rosei subsp. parryana, series Crus-galli, fruit bright yellow
  • C. sargentii, series Intricatae
  • C. segnis, series Apricae, fruit orange to red
  • C. sicca, series Pruinosae
  • C. siderea, series Tenuifoliae, fruit yellow-green
  • C. sinistra, series Crus-galli, fruit reddish, green, or yellow
  • C. smithii, series Uniflorae, fruit orange
  • C. sororia, series Flavae, fruit red or red and yellow
  • C. stonei, series Intricatae, fruit "light yellow or greenish-yellow"
  • C. straminea, series Intricatae, fruit yellowish green
  • C. stratfordensis, series Macracanthae, fruit "greenish yellow mottled with crimson"
  • C. structilis, series Macracanthae, fruit "orange or reddish-orange"
  • C. subflavida (possibly the same as C. ignava)
  • C. taetrica, series Tenuifoliae, fruit scarlet-yellow
  • C. tetrica, series Crus-galli, fruit yellow-green
  • C. tenax, series Punctatae, fruit "scarlet or mottled with yellow or olive"
  • C. torta, series Pruinosae, fruit "light yellow or russet green"
  • C. tripartita, series Virides, fruit yellow-green
  • C. villicarpa, series Intricatae, fruit "orange-yellow or tinged with red"
  • C. uniflora, series Uniflorae
  • C. vailiae, series Macracanthae, fruit "yellowish-green becoming red"
  • C. versuta, series Flavae, fruit "orange or greenish-yellow and red"
  • C. viburnifolia, series Molles
  • C. vicana, series Flavae, fruit "yellow or orange blotched with red"
  • C. vicenda, series Flavae, fruit "yellow or flushed with red"
  • C. villaris, series Flavae, fruit "yellow or orange-yellow flushed with red"
  • C. virella, series Pruinosae, fruit "yellowish green blotched with pink, olive, or russet"
  • C. visenda, series Apricae, fruit orange to red
  • C. vivida, series Coccineae, fruit "dull orange-red blotched with yellow"

Sources

  • Christensen, K.I. 1992. Revision of Crataegus sect. Crataegus and nothosect. Crataeguineae (Rosaceae-Maloideae) in the Old World. Systematic Botany Monographs 35: 1–199.
  • Phipps, J.B., and Dvorsky, K.A. 2008. A taxonomic revision of Crataegus series Lacrimatae (Rosaceae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 2(2): 1101–1162.
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