Classification
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Pyracantha angustifolia (Franch.) C.K.Schneid. (1906)
Vernacular Name(s):
Firethorn
 Description

Evergreen shrub up to 2.5–(5) m high when mature; stems generally dense and spreading, often spine-tipped; young stems grey-tomentose; older stems reddish brown, shiny. Lf petiole 2–3–(6) mm long, channelled above, tomentose; blade narrowly oblanceolate to oblong, (10)–20–55–(65) × 4–12–(14) mm, obtuse or obscurely retuse with a short mucro, angustate at base, dark green and glabrous above, lanate and pale grey-green below; margin slightly recurved, entire or sometimes with a few minute serrations near tip of largest lvs. Corymbs up to c. 30 mm across; pedicels 6–18 mm long, grey-tomentose. Sepals triangular, c. 0.8 mm long, greyish lanate, acute. Petals obovate or broadly-elliptic, 3.5–5 mm long, rounded, white. Stamens ± = petals. Fr. ± depressed-globose, 4–6 × 6–7 mm, glossy orange.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: Dec.–Jan.; Fruiting: Apr.–Aug.

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