Crataegus laevigata, (Poiret) DC.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 74

5. C. laevigata (Poiret) DC. , Prodr. 2: 630 (1825)

(C. oxyacanthoides Thuill., C. oxyacantha auct.).

Shrub; twigs glabrescent, brown; spines 6-15 mm. Leaves obovate, slightly coriaceous, light green beneath; lobes 3-5, short, broad, obtuse, serrulate; petiole 6-18 mm; stipules 5-1 0x 1-3 mm, acuminate, unequally incise-serrate. Corymb 5- to 10-flowered, glabrous; flowers 15-18 mm in diameter. Sepals entire; anthers red; styles 2-3. Fruit globose or ellipsoid, deep red; pyrenes 2. Woods. • N.W., N.C. & C. Europe, from England, C. Sweden and Latvia to the W. Pyrenees, and N. Italy. Au Be Br Cz Da Ga Ge He Ho Hs Hu It Po?Rm?Rs (B, W) Su [No].

Nearly all the glabrous or slightly pubescent species in Europe have been called C. oxyacantha by regional authors, so that references in the literature are very confused.