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Chinese firethorn

Pyracantha fortuneana

Flowering time January-May
Habitat Disturbed, open areas where escaped from cultivation through bird-dispersal.
Distribution
Occurring west of the Cascades crest in lowland western Washington; southern British Columbia to California and Arizona, also in the southern and southeastern U.S.
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Origin Introduced from China
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
P. coccinea
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