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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Photinia serratifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Photinia serratifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Photinia serratifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)

Pyrus serratifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Photinia serratifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Taiwanese Redtip


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image of Photinia serratifolia, Taiwanese Redtip

JK Marlow    jkm130420_559

April    Pickens County    SC

Flowers borne in a 4-7" wide, terminal, corymbose panicle, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Photinia serratifolia, Taiwanese Redtip

JK Marlow    jkm130420_561

April    Pickens County    SC

Leaves firm and leathery, undulating, finely serrate from base to apex, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Photinia serratifolia, Taiwanese Redtip

JK Marlow    jkm130420_563

April    Pickens County    SC

Leaves lustrous dark green above, flat medium green below, glabrous, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Photinia serratifolia, Taiwanese Redtip

JK Marlow    jkm130420_565

April    Pickens County    SC

Each flower 1/3" wide, with an odor quite offensive , per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Photinia serratifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Photinia serratifolia   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Photinia serratifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Pyrus serratifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Photinia serratifolia

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3715

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Suburban woodlands; uncommonly cultivated and rarely naturalizing, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Petiole about 1"
Margins serrate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
5 sepals
5 petals
20 stamens
Bisexual

Flowers in terminal compound corymbs

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red ripening to brownish-purple
Pome

 

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