Pyracantha fortuneana

(Maximowicz) H. L. Li

J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 420. 1944.

Common names: Chinese firethorn
Introduced
Basionym: Photinia fortuneana Maximowicz Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 19: 179. 1873
Synonyms: Pyracantha crenatoserrata (Hance) Rehder P. crenulata var. rogersiana A. B. Jackson P. rogersiana (A. B. Jackson) Bean P. yunnanensis (M. Vilmorin ex Mottet) Chittenden
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 469. Mentioned on page 471, 472.

Plants 10–30 dm. Stems: thorns sparse to abundant; young twigs rusty-hairy (gray-hairy in 1 variation), glabrescent. Leaves: stipules 3–8 mm; petiole 2–5 mm; blade oblanceolate or obovate, 1.5–6 × 0.5–2.5 cm, base cuneate, margins remotely serrulate or crenulate, often entire proximally, apex obtuse, emarginate, or short-apiculate, surfaces glabrate. Inflorescences 3–4 cm diam. Pedicels 2–8 mm, usually glabrate, rarely sparsely appressed brown or gray-hairy. Flowers 4–12 mm diam.; hypanthium glabrate, rarely slightly hairy; sepals triangular, 1–1.5 mm, apex obtuse; petals suborbiculate, 3–4 mm, apex rounded. Pomes orange-red to dark red, 3–6 mm diam.; pedicels 2–10 mm. 2n = 34 (China).


Phenology: Flowering Feb–May; fruiting Sep–Mar.
Habitat: Disturbed ground, roadsides, canyons, woodland edges, open forests, riparian areas
Elevation: 0–1500 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Ala., Calif., Fla., Ga., La., N.C., Oreg., S.C., Tex., Wash., Asia (China), also in Europe (England), Pacific Islands (Hawaii), Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia

Discussion

Pyracantha fortuneana is native to central and western China. It is variable in the amount of toothing on the leaf blades and color of the hairs on new growth. Plants having grayish hairs on young twigs rather than the usual rusty or brownish hairs have been attributed to the taxon P. rogersiana, which has also been interpreted as a variety of P. crenulata. It is insufficiently distinct to separate from P. fortuneana among the specimens examined.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
short-apiculate +  and emarginate +
rounded;obtuse;obtuse +
Ronald W. Lance +  and Peter F. Zika +
(Maximowicz) H. L. Li +
fissured +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
cuneate +
Photinia fortuneana +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
obovate +  and oblanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +  and 2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (?) +
lanceolate +
adnate +  and distinct +
tomentose +  and glabrous +
Chinese firethorn +
Ala. +, Calif. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, N.C. +, Oreg. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, Wash. +, Asia (China) +, also in Europe (England) +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Pacific Islands (New Zealand) +  and Australia +
not +  and aggregated +
0–1500 m +
tomentose +  and glabrous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
not +  and aggregated +
not +  and aggregated +
yellow +, orange-red +  and red +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Disturbed ground, roadsides, canyons, woodland edges, open forests, riparian areas +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
hairy +  and glabrate +
campanulate +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
crassinucellate +
late-deciduous +  and persistent +
tomentose +  and glabrous +
crenulate +  and serrulate +
inferior +  and superior +
biseriate +  and clustered +
collateral +  and basal +
tomentose +  and glabrous +
flat-topped +
gray-hairy +  and glabrate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
free +  and distinct +
suborbiculate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Flowering Feb–May +  and fruiting Sep–Mar. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
orange-red +  and dark red +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
J. Arnold Arbor. +
not arillate +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
incurved +, erect +  and spreading +
triangular +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Introduced +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
straight +
1 +  and 3 +
geniculate +
lanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
membranous +
persistent +
distinct +
basal +, lateral +, subterminal +  and terminal +
elongate +
Pyracantha crenatoserrata +, P. crenulata var. rogersiana +, P. rogersiana +  and P. yunnanensis +
Pyracantha fortuneana +
Pyracantha +
species +
tomentose +  and glabrous +
inconspicuous +
glabrescent +  and rusty-hairy +
reclining +  and spreading +