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Scientific name:

Pyracantha rogersiana

Vernacular name:

Firethorn, Asian


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Asian Firethorn

Scientific name: Pyracantha rogersiana (A.B. Jacks.) Coltm.-Rog.

Diagnostic features
Differs from Pyracantha coccinea in ± glabrous petioles and inflorescence-stalks and smaller leaves up to 3(5)cm.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
Commonly grown but known naturalized only in East & West Kent and Surrey, probably overlooked; China.

This species is keyed out on Page 2456: Pyracantha in the Text Key.

Pyracantha rogersiana
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