Pyracantha coccinea M.Roem., 1847 50% complete

Firethorn

Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 219 (1847)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Pyracantha coccinea, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced6 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded21 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author M.Roem. No source recorded
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Bibliography Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 219 (1847) No source recorded
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Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1847 No source recorded
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Descriptive
Common name Firethorn No source recorded
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Family common name Rose family No source recorded
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Observations SC. & S. Europe to Iran No source recorded
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Morphology
Average height 222 cm
  • 221.92 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 48, 68, 92, 175, 500, 918
Differs from sources
Flower color white Sourced
Flower conspicuous true No source recorded
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Foliage color green Sourced
Foliage texture coarse Sourced
Fruit color red Differs from sources
Fruit conspicuous true No source recorded
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Growth form Single Crown No source recorded
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Growth habit Shrub No source recorded
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Growth rate Rapid Sourced
Maximum height 250 cm
  • 250 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 48, 68, 92, 175, 500, 918
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
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Phenology
Bloom months may No source recorded
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Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 28, 48, 92, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 4 / 9 · moderately dry air No source recorded
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Light 8 / 9 · light No source recorded
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Nitrogen fixation empty Not on the record
Ph maximum pH 8 No source recorded
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Ph minimum pH 5.8 No source recorded
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Soil nutriments 4 / 9 · rather poor (meso-oligotrophic) No source recorded
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Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils No source recorded
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Cultivation
Minimum root depth empty Not on the record
Other
Human usage type —
  • coppice_potential, food_general, nursery_stock, ornamental · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92
Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record