Description: Slightly earlier-flowering than the common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna), less thorny and often with drooping branches. The flowers have two styles and the fruit has two stones. (C. monogyna has one style and one stone.)

Much rarer than the common C. monogyna, occurring at a few sites, mainly in hedgerows and undoubtedly mainly a planted tree and not native to Northern Ireland.

The hybrid with C. monogyna is much commoner.

All names: Crataegus laevigata (Poiret) DC.; Crataegus oxyacanthoides Thuill.; Crataegus oxyacantha auct.

Distribution Map from NBN: Crataegus laevigata at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Crataegus laevigata at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.