pome fruit plant hawthorn plant Crataegus PLANTS:CRATA WIKIPEDIA:Crataegus Crataegus sp. Crataegus L. 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, especially the Common Hawthorn, *C. monogyna*, and the unmodified name is often so used in Britain and Ireland. However the name is now also applied to the entire genus, and also to the related Asian genus *Rhaphiolepis*. crataegus spp. haw requires discussion