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Pyracantha angustifolia (Franch.) C. K. Schneid.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Pyracantha M. Roem. (トキワサンザシ)
Tachibanamodoki (タチバナモドキ, 橘擬), narrowleaf firethorn, slender firethorn and woolly firethorn

⇒ タチバナ (Citrus tachibana)

Lifeform: evergreen shrub
Distribution: originally in southeastern China

introduced to Japan in the middle of Meiji Era

Flower: small and white
Fruit: orange → animal (bird) dispersal - escaped
Leaf: dense hair on the backside
Stem; developing spines
Use: ornamental
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Pyracantha angustifolia in Japan


ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on January 24 2021.

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