Pyracantha crenatoserrata
Common name
firethorn
Family
Rosaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
PYRCRE
Habitat
Terrestrial.
Features
Evergreen shrub to about 2 m high. Leaves to about 5 x 2 cm, glabrous on both sides, shining above and pale green below. Leaf margins almost entire but with faint teeth and a small spike at the end. White flowers produced in small clusters, followed by red or orange-red globbose fruit to 6 mm wide.
Similar taxa
Can easily be separated from P. angustifolia as it has larger leaves that are glabrous on the undersurface. Easily confused with P. crenulata, but P. crenatoserrata has broader leaves with teeth confined to the distal part of the leaf.
Flowering
October, November, December
Flower colours
White
Fruiting
May, June, July, August
Year naturalised
1988
Origin
China
Reason For Introduction
Ornamental
Reproduction
seed
Dispersal
People and birds.