Crataegus chrysocarpa

{{Short description|Species of hawthorn}}

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| image = Crataegus_chrysocarpa_01.jpg

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{Cite iucn |title=Crataegus chrysocarpa |author=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |name-list-style=amp |page= e.T135957391A135957393 |date=2018 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T135957391A135957393.en |access-date=2 June 2024}}

| genus = Crataegus

| display_parents = 2

| parent = Crataegus ser. Rotundifoliae

| species = chrysocarpa

| authority = Ashe

}}

Crataegus chrysocarpa is a species of hawthorn that is native to much of the continental United States and Canada. Common names fireberry hawthorn and goldenberry hawthorn, as well as the scientific name all refer to the colour of the unripe fruit, although the mature fruit is red{{cite book |last=Phipps |first=J.B. |last2=O'Kennon |first2=R.J. |last3=Lance |first3=R.W. |year=2003 |title=Hawthorns and medlars |publisher=Royal Horticultural Society |location=Cambridge, U.K. |isbn=0881925918 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/hawthornsmedlars00jame }} and in var. vernonensis is "deep claret-colored … nearly black when over-ripe".{{cite journal |last=Phipps |first=J.B. |last2=O'Kennon |first2=R.J. |year=2004 |title=A review of Crataegus series Rotundifoliae (Rosaceae) in western Canada |journal=SIDA, Contributions to Botany |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=65–77 |jstor=41968974 }}

Three varieties C. chrysocarpa var. chrysocarpa, var. piperi, and var. vernonensis are recognized.