Chinese Firethorn
(Pyracantha fortuneana)
Description
It is a shrub that reaches up to 3 m in height. The lateral branches short, pointed, young twigs rusty pubescent, dark brown and glabrescent in old age. Petiole glabrous or slightly pubescent at first; Limbus obovate or obovate-oblong, 1.5-6 - 0.5-2 cm, both glabrous surfaces, the cuneiform base, serrated margin with curved teeth, obtuse or emarginated apex, sometimes not very apiculate. The inflorescence in corimbo loose, 3-4 cm diam .; Bracts deciduous, lanceolate. Pedicelo ca. 1 cm, Flowers 1 cm in diameter. Campanulated hipanto, with glabrous underside. Triangular sepals, 1-1.5 mm, glabrous. Suborbicular petals, 4 x 3 mm. The fruit is a knob red or dark orange, red subgloboso 5 mm. Fl. Mar-mayo, fr. August November. 2
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