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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Pyracantha coccinea
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Scarlet Firethorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Read more about Pyracantha at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyracantha coccinea
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cotoneaster pyracantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Linnaeus
Crataegus pyracantha
COMMON NAME:
Scarlet Firethorn, Pyracantha
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Pyracantha coccinea
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyracantha coccinea
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cotoneaster pyracantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Linnaeus
Crataegus pyracantha
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Shrub
Perennial
Non-native: Southeast Europe & Asia Minor
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it to be persistent around old homesites, and rarely escaped to woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
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
Whitish
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange-red
Berry-like pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p072
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p258