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Crataegus flava

Shrub

HomeShrubCrataegus flava

Open woods and low hills in dry sandy or gravelly soils.

Family: Rosaceae
Height: 8 m / 27 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Dry, moist or wet

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 3 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 2 of 5
Other Uses: 3 of 5

Native Habitat

Summer Haw, Yellowleaf hawthorn Crataegus flava native habitat is Open woods and low hills in dry sandy or gravelly soils.

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw or cooked. well-flavoured. Dry and mealy, it is highly esteemed in N. America as a wild fruit gathered for making jellies. The yellow fruit is pear-shaped, it is up to 16mm in diameter and is borne in small clusters. There are up to five fairly large seeds in the centre of the fruit, these often stick together and so the effect is of eating a cherry-like fruit with a single seed.

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