Crataegus hirtiflora Sargent, Crataegus Missouri, 82. 1908 (as hertiflora); C. macropoda Sargent

Leaf blades broadly elliptic, 3–5 cm, 2/3 to nearly full grown at anthesis, length/width = 1.3, thin to chartaceous, lobes 0 or 1 per side, obscure, max LII 10%, lobe apex usually obtuse, margins serrate, teeth 0.5 mm, apex usually subacute, adaxial surface matte, short-pubescent young. Inflorescence branches short-pubescent. Flowers 15–18 mm diam.; stamens 15–20, anthers white or cream.

Flowering Apr; fruiting Sep–Oct. Pastures, fencerows, scrub, open woodlands; 10–200 m; Ark., La., Mo.

Variety hirtiflora is common west of the Mississippi River.