Description:
Crataegus laevigata (Poir.) DC. - English hawthorn 1. Flowering branchlet ending in a thorn and young shoots with terminal corymbs. - 2. Shoot with ripe fruits (pome, pomelike drupe). The pomes have two or three stones. - 3. Seed viewed from two aspects. Crataegus monogyna Jacq. emend. Lindm. - common hawthorn 4. Flowering branchlet. - 5. Shoot with ripe pomes, typically with a single stone. - 6. Seed (stone). - 7. Seedling with cotyledons (k) and first ordinary leaves. - 8. Winter-branchlet; buds are small, reddish-brown, the terminal bud is the largest. Branchlets with thorns. After Hempel & Wilhelm, 1889. Photos and explanations from the book: Zelimir Borzan. "Tree and Shrub Names in Latin, Croatian, English, and German, with synonyms", University of Zagreb, 2001.