PLANTS Profile for Pyracantha coccinea (scarlet firethorn)

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Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem.
scarlet firethorn

Symbol:

PYCO2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		N

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Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem.

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Synonyms:
Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem.

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Cotoneaster pyracantha (L.) Spach

Distribution:
Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem.


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USA (AL, AR, CA, DC, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 5 species in Pyracantha

Classification:
Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus	Pyracantha M. Roem. – firethorn
Species	Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem. – scarlet firethorn

Introduced Information:
Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25293.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 03:46 AM CST