ROSE FAMILY
Crataegus monogyna subsp. azarella(HAWTHORN) (Alıç, Yemişen)
(Weißdorn) Rosaceae
Spiny shrub or small tree up to 10 m. Leaves alternate, ovate or obovate in outline, up to 5x4 cm; lobes 3-5, deeply divided. Inflorescence lax, 10-18-flowered. Sepals triangular, reflexed in fruit. Petals white or pinkish, 8-15 mm diameter. Fruit red or brownish-red, subglobose or ovoid. Fl. April-June. Hillsides, macchie, Quercus scrub, mixed forest, roadsides, s.l.
Türkiye, Throughout Europe, Cyprus, Syria, N. Iraq.
