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Pyracantha coccinea

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Pyracantha coccinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Pyracantha
Species:
P. coccinea
Binomial name
Pyracantha coccinea
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Cotoneaster pyracantha (L.) Spach
  • Cotoneaster pyracantha lalandei L.Möller
  • Crataegus dumosa Salisb.
  • Crataegus lalandei May
  • Crataegus lalandei microcarpa May
  • Crataegus pauciflora André
  • Crataegus pauciflora (Poir.) Pers.
  • Crataegus pyracantha (L.) Medik.
  • Crataegus pyracantha lalandei Duren
  • Crataegus pyracantha var. pauciflora (Poir.) Steud.
  • Gymnopyrenium pyracantha (L.) Dulac
  • Mespilus lalandei Dippel
  • Mespilus pauciflora Poir., nom. rej.
  • Mespilus pyracantha L.
  • Mespilus pyracantha var. pauciflora (Poir.) Dum.Cours.
  • Oxyacantha amygdalifolia Bubani
  • Pyracantha coccinea var. fructu-albo Rehder, not validly publ.
  • Pyracantha coccinea var. implexa Lavallée, nom. nud.
  • Pyracantha coccinea var. lalandei Dippel
  • Pyracantha coccinea f. latifolia Zabel
  • Pyracantha coccinea var. pauciflora (Poir.) Dippel
  • Pyracantha lucida de Vos
  • Pyracantha pauciflora (Poir.) M.Roem.
  • Pyracantha pyracantha (L.) Voss, not validly publ.
  • Pyracantha pyracantha f. lalandei Voss
  • Pyracantha spinosa de Vos
  • Pyracantha spinosa lalandei de Vos
  • Pyracantha vulgaris Lothelier, nom. nud.
  • Timbalia pyracantha (L.) Clos

Pyracantha coccinea, the scarlet firethorn[2] is the European species of firethorn or red firethorn that has been cultivated in gardens since the late 16th century.[3] The tree has small white flowers. It produces small, bright red berries. Its leaves are slightly toothed and grow opposite to one another. The fruit is bitter and astringent, making it inedible when raw. The fruit can be cooked to make jellies, jams, sauces and marmalade. It ranges from southern Europe to western Asia. It has been introduced to North America and cultivated there as an ornamental plant since the 18th century.

In England, since the late 18th century, it has been used to cover unsightly walls.[4]

Cultivars

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The flowers of pyracantha
  • Pyracantha coccinea 'Kasan'.[5]
  • Pyracantha coccinea 'Lalandei'. About 1874, M. Lalande, a nurseryman in Angers, France, selected from seedlings of P. coccinea an improved form, more freely berrying than the type. A sport has produced a yellow-berried form. These, and further selections, have largely ousted the ordinary form from nursery stock.[6]
  • Pyracantha coccinea 'Sparkler'.[7]
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  1. ^ "Pyracantha coccinea M.Roem". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
  2. ^ NRCS. "Pyracantha coccinea". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. ^ Alice M. Coats, Garden Shrubs and Their Histories (1964) 1992, s.v. "Pyracantha" notes that it does not appear in John Gerard's Herball of 1597 but was in gardens before 1629, when John Parkinson mentions it, as the "ever greene Hawthorne or prickly Corall tree".
  4. ^ Coats (1964) 1992.
  5. ^ P. coccinea 'Kasan' at www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 30 Aug 2017.
  6. ^ Coats (1964) 1992.
  7. ^ P. coccinea 'Sparkler' at www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 30 Aug 2017.
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