Species
Pyracantha angustifolia
Etymology
angustifolia: narrow-leaved
Common Name(s)
orange firethorn
Family
Rosaceae
Flora Category
Vascular - Exotic
Structural Class
Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs
Habitat
Terrestrial.
Features
Evergreen shrub up to 2.5m high. Leaf narrowly oblanceolate to oblong, up to 55 x 10 mm. Dark green and glabrous above, lanate and pale grey-green below, margin slightly recurved, entire or sometimes with a few minute serrations near tip of largest leaves. Corymbs up to approx. 30mm across; pedicels 6~18mm long, grey-tomentose. Sepals triangular, about .8mm long, greyish lanate, acute. Petals obovate or broadly elliptic, 3.5~5mm long, rounded, white. Stamens = petals. Fruit depressed-globose, 4~6 x 6~7mm, glossy orange.
Similar Taxa
Can easily be separated from P. crenatoserrata and P. crenulata as it has smaller leaves that are hairy on the undersurface.
Flowering
December, January
Flower Colours
White
Fruiting
April to August
Year Naturalised
1958
Origin
China
Reason For Introduction
Ornamental
Life Cycle Comments
Perennial.
This page last updated on 18 Jan 2010