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|accepted_name=Pyracantha coccinea
|accepted_authority=M. Roemer
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr.
|place=3: 219. 1847
|year=1847
}}
|common_names=Scarlet firethorn;buisson ardent
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Mespilus pyracantha
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|publication_title=Sp. Pl.
|publication_place=1: 478. 1753
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae;Pyracantha;Pyracantha coccinea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pyracantha]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Pyracantha coccinea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 469
|treatment_page=page 470
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants:</b> crowns spreading, 10–60 dm. <b>Stems</b>: young twigs gray-hairy, glabrescent later. <b>Leaves</b>: stipules 4–8 mm; petiole 2–5 mm; blade elliptic or ovate to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 2–4 × 0.7–1.5 cm, base cuneate, margins finely crenulate-serrulate, apex acute, rarely obtuse, abaxial surface slightly hairy when young, glabrescent, adaxial glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> 3–4 cm diam.; bracteoles in distal axils 4–10 × 3–4 mm. <b>Pedicels</b> 3–10 mm, with coarse pale hairs. <b>Flowers</b> 6–8 mm diam.; hypanthium finely hairy; sepals triangular, 1.5–2 mm, apex acute; petals suborbiculate, 3–5 mm, apex rounded. <b>Pomes</b> bright red, 5–8 mm diam.; pedicels 5–12 mm. <b>2n</b> = 34 (Europe).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–May; fruiting Aug–Jan.
|habitat=Mixed conifer forests, disturbed ground, fields, thickets, roadsides
|elevation=0–1500 m
|distribution=B.C.;Ont.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Ga.;Ind.;Kans.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Va.;Wash.;s Europe;w Asia;introduced also in w Europe (England);e Asia (Japan);Africa (South Africa);Australia.
|discussion=<p><i>Pyracantha coccinea</i> has been extensively planted throughout most of temperate North America. The species is native from southern Europe east to the Caucasus and western Asia.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Pyracantha coccinea
|authority=M. Roemer
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Mespilus pyracantha
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–May; fruiting Aug–Jan.
|habitat=Mixed conifer forests, disturbed ground, fields, thickets, roadsides
|elevation=0–1500 m
|distribution=B.C.;Ont.;Ala.;Ariz.;Ark.;Calif.;Ga.;Ind.;Kans.;La.;Miss.;Mo.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Utah;Va.;Wash.;s Europe;w Asia;introduced also in w Europe (England);e Asia (Japan);Africa (South Africa);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr.
|publication year=1847
|special status=Illustrated;Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_793.xml
|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae
|genus=Pyracantha
|species=Pyracantha coccinea
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