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Pyracantha angustifolia
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Val D'Or
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| Synonyms: |
Cotoneaster angustifolia Planch. |
| Common names: | Yellow firethorn (English) |
| Description: | Spiny shrub, up to 4 m high, sometimes prostrate. Leaves clustered on spiny side branches, narrowly oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, 2-5 cm long, dark green and becoming hairless above, greyish-hairy beneath; apex obtuse, mucronulate; margin rolled under, entire or obscurely toothed towards apex. Flowers in dense hairy headsc. 8 mm wide, white. Fruit subspherical, 6-8 mm in diameter, 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 |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Native to China; naturalised in southern Africa |
| Growth form(s): | Shrub over 2 m. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Image last updated: | Tuesday 22 August 2006 |
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Flora of Malawi: Pyracantha angustifoliaFlora of Malawi: cultivated Pyracantha angustifolia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pyracantha angustifolia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pyracantha angustifoliaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pyracantha angustifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pyracantha angustifolia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pyracantha angustifolia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pyracantha angustifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pyracantha angustifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Pyracantha angustifolia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pyracantha angustifolia
Plants of the World Online: Pyracantha angustifolia
Tropicos: Pyracantha angustifolia
Wikipedia: Pyracantha angustifolia
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