Mespilus crenulata D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 238. 1825; Cotoneaster crenulatus (D. Don) K. Koch; Crataegus crenulata (D. Don) Roxburgh; Crataegus pyracantha var. crenulata (D. Don) Loudon; Pyracantha chinensis M. Roemer.

Shrubs or small trees, to 5 m tall, with few thorny branches. Leaf blade oblong or oblanceolate, rarely ovate-lanceolate, 2–7 × 0.8–1.8 cm. Pome orangish yellow or orangish red, subglobose, 3–8 mm in diam.

Slopes, roadsides, stream sides, among shrubs, grassy places; 700--2400 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Kashmir, Myanmar, Nepal].