{"id":625,"date":"2024-04-18T11:58:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/?page_id=625"},"modified":"2026-01-21T17:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T22:16:10","slug":"mayhaw","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/resources\/plantid\/fruits-and-nuts\/mayhaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayhaw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Identification Learning Module:<br>Fruits &amp; Nuts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mayhaw (<em>Crataegus spp.<\/em>)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayhaw generally grows as a&nbsp;<em>deciduous<\/em>&nbsp;shrub, or small tree, with thorns and moderately small leaves of varying shapes depending on the species. The flowers of five white&nbsp;<em>petals<\/em>, sometimes six, bloom before the leaves appear. Mayhaw fruit are small (1\/2 to 2\/3 inches in diameter), round, fragrant, acid and juicy. The fruit resembles cranberries in appearance, crabapple in flavor, and may be green, yellow, orange, red, russet, or even purplish at maturity. Mayhaw can be found growing naturally in North and Central Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/mayhaw_plant.jpg\" alt=\"A mayhaw shrub\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/mayhaw_flower.jpg\" alt=\"Mayhaw flower\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/florida.plantatlas.usf.edu\/Plant.aspx?id=3116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Photos by Shirley Denton \u00a9 Wunderlin, R. P., and B. F. Hansen. 2008.\u00a0USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/mayhaw_foliage.jpg\" alt=\"Mayhaw foliage\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Foliage of\u00a0<em>Crataegus aestivalis,<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>UF\/IFAS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/crataegus_flava_flowers_foliage.jpg\" alt=\"flowers and foliage of crataegus flava\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/florida.plantatlas.usf.edu\/Plant.aspx?id=1549\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Photo of&nbsp;<em>Crataegus flava<\/em>&nbsp;by Guy Anglin \u00a9 Wunderlin, R. P., and B. F. Hansen. 2008.&nbsp;USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/fruits\/crataegus_crus_galli_fruit.jpg\" alt=\"Foliage and fruit of Crataegus crus galli\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/florida.plantatlas.usf.edu\/Plant.aspx?id=1549\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Photo of&nbsp;<em>Crataegus crus-galli<\/em>&nbsp;by Craig Huegel \u00a9 Wunderlin, R. P., and B. F. Hansen. 2008.&nbsp;USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":437,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-625","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7695,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/625\/revisions\/7695"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}