C. rosiformis Janka[2] C. curvisepala Lindman[2] Crataegus rhipidophylla is a species of hawthorn which occurs naturally from southern Scandinavia and the Baltic region to France, the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey, Caucasia, and Ukraine.

[3] Crataegus rhipidophylla is a shrub or tree which can grow to 7 metres (23 ft) tall.

This can help distinguish C. rhipidophylla from C. monogyna which has irregularly serrated lobe margins, with more or less coarse teeth.

[4] Apart from the serrated leaf blade lobe margins, the number of styles or pyrenes is a second useful characteristic trait for identification.

[2] The type specimen for Crataegus rhipidophylla is a holotype named by Michel Gandoger.

C. × macrocarpa (with C. laevigata) and C. × subsphaericea (with C. monogyna) are intermediates in terms of size and form between the parent species.

It has a Eurasian native range, including southern Scandinavia and the Baltic region, France, the Balkan Peninsula, Asian Turkey, Caucasia, the Crimea, and Ukraine.

It is one of the few shade-tolerant hawthorn species, growing in shaded parts of continuous forests.