Malus species - Apples

Green leaves, petals white or pale pink. Fruits >2cm, sepals persistent and pedicels shorter than fruit.

Malus sylvestris Crab Apples Leaves glabrous when mature, pedicels and outside of calyx glabrous

Malus domestica Apple Leaves hairy underneath, pedicels and outside of calyx hairy

The field characteristics to tell crab apples from domestic apples have been shown by genetic testing to be unreliable.