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(First upload on December 25 2018. Last on March 4 2021) [ 日本語 | English ]

Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem.






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)
Tokiwasanzashi (トキワサンザシ, 常盤山査子), scarlet firethorn
Lifeform: evergreen shrub
Distribution: southern Europe - western Asia

introduced to Japan by the middle of Meiji Era

Flower: small and white
Fruit: red → animal dispersal
Use: ornamental
Cultivars: kassan, lalandei, sparkler, etc.
Synonyms:

Cotoneaster pyracantha (L.) Spach

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Pyracantha coccinea in Japan


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[1-3] in Showa Memorial Park, Tachikawa, Tokyo, on November 17 2018. [4-6] at a greenhouse in Yurigahara Park, Sapporo, on January 24 2021.

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