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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyracantha koidzumii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Formosan Firethorn at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyracantha koidzumii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pyracantha koidzumii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Pyracantha koidzumii
COMMON NAME:
Formosan Firethorn
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyracantha koidzumii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyracantha koidzumii
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pyracantha koidzumii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Pyracantha koidzumii
4317
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Planted, rarely escaped to woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Taiwan
Rare
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with spinose spur shoots
LEAVES:
Evergreen/Semi-evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire or nearly so
FLOWER:
Spring
Whitish
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry-like pome
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