Pyracantha atalantioides |
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sichuan firethorn |
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Habit | Plants: crowns spreading or partially reclining, 10–60 dm. |
Stems | thorns abundant; young twigs yellowish brown-hairy, glabrescent. |
Leaves | stipules 3–7 mm; petiole 2–6 mm; blade elliptic, oblong, or oblong-obovate, 1.5–5 × 1–2 cm, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire or remotely serrulate distally (on vigorous shoots), apex obtuse, apiculate, or aristate, surfaces yellowish brown-hairy, glabrescent (abaxial becoming slightly glaucescent). |
Inflorescences | 3–4 cm diam. |
Pedicels | 5–10 mm, yellowish brown-hairy. |
Flowers | 8–10 mm diam.; hypanthium hairy; calyx brown- or yellowish brown-puberulent when young, glabrescent, sepals broadly elliptic or triangular, 1–1.5 mm, apex obtuse; petals ovate, 4–5 mm, apex slightly apiculate. |
Pomes | bright red, 4–7 mm diam.; pedicels 5–12 mm. |
Pyracantha atalantioides |
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Phenology | Flowering Feb–May; fruiting Oct–Jan. |
Habitat | Roadsides, thickets, disturbed ground, edges |
Elevation | 0–300 m (0–1000 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; FL; GA; LA; Asia (China) [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | Pyracantha atalantioides is native to southeastern and western China. The species has been extensively planted in North America; it is apparently naturalized only sporadically in milder climatic areas of the continent. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 471. |
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Synonyms | Sportella atalantioides, P. discolor |
Name authority | (Hance) Stapf: Bot. Mag. 151: sub plate 9099. (1926) |
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