Native to eastern Canada & eastern US. Locally naturalized in Germany, UK, & elsewhere.
Other English names (not proposed):
Ontario hawthorn
pear-fruited cockspur-thorn
red haw
red-fruited hawthorn
Andere deutsche Namen (nicht vorgeschlagen):
Scharlachroter Weißdorn
Taxonomic citation:
• Crataegus coccinea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 476. 1753.
Other scientific synonyms (not proposed):
• Mespilus coccinea (L.) Marshall (1785)
• Oxyacantha coccinea (L.) Nieuwl. (1915)
• Phaenopyrum coccineum (L.) M. Roem. (1847)
5161 - Rosaceae (subfamily Amygdaloideae, tribe Maleae)