Pyracantha crenulata (D. Don) Roem.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Pyracantha crenulata' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/pyracantha/pyracantha-crenulata/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

Common Names

  • Nepalese White Thorn

Synonyms

  • Mespilus crenulata D. Don
  • Crataegus crenulata (D. Don) Lindl.

Glossary

apex
(pl. apices) Tip. apical At the apex.
glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
variety
(var.) Taxonomic rank (varietas) grouping variants of a species with relatively minor differentiation in a few characters but occurring as recognisable populations. Often loosely used for rare minor variants more usefully ranked as forms.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Pyracantha crenulata' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/pyracantha/pyracantha-crenulata/). Accessed 2024-03-28.

Nearly allied to the common pyracanth (P. coccinea), this differs chiefly in the leaves being rounded instead of tapered and pointed at the apex, and in the smaller flowers and fruit. The leaves are ultimately quite glabrous, narrow-oblong or obovate, up to 212 in long, 58 in. wide, rounded, but with a short bristle-tip. The styles differ from those of P. coccinea in being more separated at the base. Fruits orange-yellow. It is a large, more or less thorny bush, and can scarcely be regarded as more than a variety of P. coccinea. It is, however, much slower in growth and more tender. Being quite inferior to the European pyracanth, it is rarely seen in cultivation. It needs a south wall. Native of Temperate Himalaya.