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
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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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