Pyracantha angustifolia

(Franchet) C. K. Schneider

Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 761. 1906.

Introduced
Basionym: Cotoneaster angustifolius Franchet Pl. Delavay., 221. 1890 (as angustifolia)
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 471. Mentioned on page 469.

Plants 20–40 dm. Stems: thorns sparse; young twigs tomentose, hairs dense grayish or yellowish (glabrescent 2d year). Leaves: stipules 4–8 mm; petiole 1–2.5 mm, tomentose; blade narrowly oblong to slightly oblanceolate, 1.5–5 × 0.4–1 cm, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire (sometimes revolute), apex apiculate, obtuse, or retuse, surfaces gray-tomentose (abaxial remaining gray-tomentose, adaxial glabrescent). Inflorescences 2–4 cm diam. Pedicels 1–3 mm, gray-tomentose. Flowers 3–8 mm diam.; hypanthium gray-tomentose; calyx persistently gray-tomentose, sepals triangular, 1 mm, apex acute; petals suborbiculate, 3–4 mm, apex rounded. Pomes red, depressed-globose, 4–8 mm diam.; pedicels 2–5 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Feb–May; fruiting Nov–Mar.
Habitat: Disturbed areas, fencerows, abandoned fields, roadsides
Elevation: 0–200 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Calif., Asia (China), also in Africa (South Africa), Pacific Islands (Hawaii), Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia

Discussion

Pyracantha angustifolia is native to southwestern China. It is widely cultivated in North America but apparently naturalized only within California. The dense abaxial leaf indument can thin with age, but the distinctive dense hairs are found also on the sepals, even in fruit. The narrowly oblong to slightly oblanceolate, entire leaves are also diagnostic.

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 />) +
rounded;acute;retuse;obtuse;retuse;obtuse;apiculate +
Ronald W. Lance +  and Peter F. Zika +
(Franchet) C. K. Schneider +
fissured +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
rounded +  and cuneate +
Cotoneaster angustifolius +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
narrowly oblong +  and slightly oblanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (?) +  and 1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
lanceolate +
gray-tomentose +
adnate +  and distinct +
tomentose +  and glabrous +
Calif. +, Asia (China) +, also in Africa (South Africa) +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, Pacific Islands (New Zealand) +  and Australia +
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0–200 m +
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unisexual +  and bisexual +
not +  and aggregated +
not +  and aggregated +
yellow +, orange-red +  and red +
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crassinucellate +
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tomentose +  and glabrous +
crenulate +, revolute +  and flat +
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biseriate +  and clustered +
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Flowering Feb–May +  and fruiting Nov–Mar. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
depressed-globose +
Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. +
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incurved +, erect +  and spreading +
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