Crataegus monogyna ‘Flexuosa’  (syn. ‘Tortuosa’)                   Rosaceae

Contorted Singleseed Hawthorn, Common Hawthorn or English Hawthorn      kra-TEE-gus mon-o-JI-na

• Deciduous tree/shrub, slow growing, twisted, corkscrew-like branches.  Flowers white, single.
• Sun
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4    Apparently introduced into commerce before 1838.
• Flexuosa: full of turns, winding, tortuous, a reference to its branches.