Pyracantha atalantioides (Hance) Stapf

Pyracantha fausse-atalantie (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Pyracantha

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, to 6 m tall, with thorny branches, rarely unarmed. Branchlets initially yellowish brown or gray pubescent, glabrous when old. Petiole ca. 2.5 mm, usually glabrous, sometimes pubescent; leaf blade elliptic or oblong, rarely oblong-obovate, 1.5–4 × 1–1.6 cm, both surfaces initially yellowish brown pubescent, glabrescent, abaxially becoming slightly glaucescent, lateral veins dense, base broadly cuneate or rounded, margin usually entire, sometimes inconspicuously serrulate, apex apiculate or obtuse, sometimes slightly aristate. Compound corymb loose, 3–4 in diam.; many flowered; peduncle yellowish brown pubescent; bracts caducous, lanceolate. Pedicel 5–10 mm, yellowish brown pubescent. Flowers 8–10 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, pubescent. Sepals triangular or broadly elliptic, 1–1.5 mm, abaxially sparsely pubescent, apex obtuse. Petals ovate, 4–5 × 3–4 mm, apex slightly apiculate. Stamens 20; filaments ca. 3 mm. Ovary densely white tomentose apically; styles nearly as long as stamens. Pome bright red, depressed-globose, 4–5 mm in diam.; fruiting pedicel 5–10 mm, glabrous; sepals persistent, erect. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Sep–Nov.
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Plants: ?crowns spreading or partially reclining?, 10–60 dm. Stems: thorns abundant; young twigs yellowish brown-hairy, glabrescent. Leaves: stipules 3–7 mm; petiole 2–6 mm; blade elliptic, oblong, or oblong-obovate, 1.5–5 × 1–2 cm, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire or remotely serrulate distally (on vigorous shoots), apex obtuse, apiculate, or aristate, surfaces yellowish brown-hairy, glabrescent (abaxial becoming slightly glaucescent). Inflorescences 3–4 cm diam. Pedicels 5–10 mm, yellowish brown-hairy. Flowers 8–10 mm diam.; hypanthium hairy; ?calyx brown-or yellowish brown-puberulent when young, glabrescent?, sepals broadly elliptic or triangular, 1–1.5 mm, apex obtuse; petals ovate, 4–5 mm, apex slightly apiculate. Pomes bright red, 4–7 mm diam.; pedicels 5–12 mm.
Asia, China,
Life form
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 6.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

The fruit are used for jam.
Uses environmental use
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 40 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Pyracantha atalantioides world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Pyracantha atalantioides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:730609-1
WFO ID wfo-0001016140
COL ID 4QPXX
BDTFX ID 79395
INPN ID 717439
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pyracantha atalantioides Sportella atalantioides Crataegus pyracantha Pyracantha discolor Pyracantha gibbsii Pyracantha loureiroi Mespilus loureiroi