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Pyracantha angustifolia
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| Synonyms: |
Cotoneaster angustifolia Planch. |
| Common names: | Yellow firethorn (English) |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Introduced |
| Description: |
Spiny shrub, to 4 m, sometimes prostrate. Leaves borne in fascicles on spiny side branches; lamina 2-5 cm × 4-7 mm, narrowly oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, dark green and becoming glabrous above, greyish-tomentose beneath; apex obtuse, mucronulate; margin rolled under, entire or obscurely toothed towards apex. Flowers c.8 mm across, white, in dense tomentose corymbs. Fruit 6-8 mm in diameter, subspherical, orange to brick-red. |
| Notes: | It was introduced as a garden ornamental not for the flowers, which are small, but for the masses of bright orange berries. In Zimbabwe it is known as an occasional escape into the wild and is not a problem species (yet) but in the South African highveld it is known as an aggressive invader into grassland, hillsides and erosion channels. |
| Derivation of specific name: | angustifolia: narrow-leaved |
| Habitat: | In grassland and open woodland |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native to China; naturalised in southern Africa |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C |
| Growth form: | S |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 22 August 2006 |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Pyracantha angustifolia pageBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Pyracantha angustifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pyracantha angustifolia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pyracantha angustifolia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pyracantha angustifolia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pyracantha angustifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pyracantha angustifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Pyracantha angustifolia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pyracantha angustifolia
Tropicos: Pyracantha angustifolia
West African Plants database: Pyracantha angustifolia
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