Pyracantha angustifolia (Planch.) Schneid.

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Chelinda Camp, staff area, Nyika National Park

Synonyms:	Cotoneaster angustifolia Planch.
Common names:	Yellow firethorn (English)
Description:	Spiny shrub, up to 4 m high, sometimes prostrate. Leaves clustered on spiny side branches, narrowly oblong to narrowly oblanceolate, 2-5 cm long, dark green and becoming hairless above, greyish-hairy beneath; apex obtuse, mucronulate; margin rolled under, entire or obscurely toothed towards apex. Flowers in dense hairy headsc. 8 mm wide, white. Fruit subspherical, 6-8 mm in diameter, orange to brick-red.
Notes:	It was introduced as an ornamental(?) not for the flowers, which are small, but for the masses of bright orange berries. Around Chelinda Camp, Nyika it is known as an occasional escape into the wild. It is not a problem species (yet) but in the South African highveld it is known as an aggressive invader into grassland, hillsides and erosion channels.
Derivation of specific name:	angustifolia: narrow-leaved
Flowering time:	Nov - Jan
Worldwide distribution:	Native to China; naturalised in southern Africa
Growth form(s):	Shrub over 2 m.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated:	Saturday 29 September 2018
Literature:

Flora of Malawi: Pyracantha angustifolia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pyracantha angustifolia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Pyracantha angustifolia

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pyracantha angustifolia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pyracantha angustifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pyracantha angustifolia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pyracantha angustifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Pyracantha angustifolia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pyracantha angustifolia
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