Crataegus monogyna 'Flexuosa'
Common name: 
Contorted Singleseed Hawthorn
Pronunciation: 
kra-TEE-gus mon-o-JI-na
Family: 
Rosaceae
Genus: 
Crataegus
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Deciduous tree/shrub, slow growing, twisted, corkscrew-like branches.  Flowers white, single.
  • Sun
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 4    Apparently introduced into commerce before 1838
  • Flexuosa: full of turns, winding, tortuous, a reference to its branches.
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