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Crataegus laevigata
Deciduous shrub, smaller tree, grows to a height of 4-5m
Habitus:, has brown-red branches covered with thorns
Leaf: It has long-stemmed round-ovate multi-lobed leaves
Flower: flowers are white to pink and bloom in May and June
Fruit: Fruits are globular or egg-shaped red berries with mealy pulp and two stones; they ripen in autumn.
Calcium soils, rocky slopes, occurs from lowlands to mountain ranges, medicinal plant, flower, leaf and fruit are collected
In medicine
It is reproduced by sowing, but in this way the plants do not retain their original properties. The seeds must be stratified before sowing
“Punicea”, Crimson Cloud, Paulś Scarlet
Dark brown spotting, fungal diseases scarlet hawthorn – Fusicladium pyracanthae