Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyracantha atalantioides
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pyracantha atalantioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Pyracantha atalantioides
COMMON NAME:
Firethorn
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyracantha atalantioides
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pyracantha atalantioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Pyracantha atalantioides
4316
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Planted, rarely escaped or persistent, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: China
Waif(s)
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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
Orange
Berry-like pome
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