OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyrus communis   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrus communis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Pyrus communis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Pyrus communis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-17-001:

Pyrus communis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pyrus communis

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Pear


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image of Pyrus communis, Common Pear

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pyco_001_lvd

        

image of Pyrus communis, Common Pear

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_pyco_003_lvd

        

image of Pyrus communis, Common Pear

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140331_175858

March    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Pyrus communis, Common Pear

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140331_175957

March    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

The 1-1.5" flowers are quite showy and malodorous, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Pyrus communis, Common Pear

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140331_180012

March    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Pyrus communis, Common Pear

Sam Pratt    sbp_2758

September    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

Widely planted for its fruit, a pear to 10cm long with green to brown skin, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyrus communis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrus communis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pyrus communis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Pyrus communis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-17-001:
Pyrus communis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pyrus communis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1179

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Planted, persistent around old houses and in orchards, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Twigs not "thorny" (spur shoots short, rarely spiny)

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 1.5-5cm long

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
20 stamens

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pome

 

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