Object Details
- Description
- This crabapple cultivar has dark pink flowers and scarlet fruit. The cultivar’s name is intentionally misspelled.
- Hardiness
- -30 - 20 F
- Attracts
- Birds
- Bloom Time
- April to May
- Provenance
- Uncertain
- Accession Number
- 2011-0670A
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Life Form
- Deciduous tree
- Average Height
- 15-20'
- Bark Characteristics
- Gray
- Bloom Characteristics
- Pinkish red, single flowers. 1.5" across. Blooms are long-lasting.
- Fall Color
- Orange, yellow
- Foliage Characteristics
- Simple, ovate leaves come in purplish in spring, and mature to dark green with slightly red veins in summer.
- Fruit Characteristics
- Purple-red drupes mature in fall and persist. .5" diameter.
- Structure
- Round
- Range
- Cultivated
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection
- On Display
- National Museum of American History
- Common Name
- Prairifire Crabapple
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Rosanae
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Malus
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Trees
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2011-0670A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax749165b5f-326d-4064-a705-7f33a9aec4d7
