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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):
Pyracantha fortuneana FAMILY Rosaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyracantha fortuneana FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pyracantha crenulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Pyracantha fortuneana

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

Pyracantha fortuneana

COMMON NAME:
Chinese Firethorn

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyracantha fortuneana FAMILY Rosaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pyracantha crenulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Pyracantha fortuneana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Pyracantha fortuneana

4315

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Fencerows, invading disturbed calcareous prairies, spreading from horticultural use, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: China

Waif(s)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with spinose spur shoots

LEAVES:
Evergreen/Semi-evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins crenulate to serrulate for at least half blade length

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Fall
Red
Berry-like pome

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