Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Pyracantha crenulata
Common name
Firethorn, Himalayan firethorn
Family
Rosaceae
Where found
Shrubland, roadsides, and along streams. Mainly Sydney area and Canberra. Occasional elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced shrub or small tree to about 3 m high. Short side branches end in spines. Fruit fleshy. Young stems rusty-hairy, becoming hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, usually 3–6 cm long, 6–15 mm wide, margins evenly and sharply toothed for most of their length; both surfaces hairless, tips pointed or blunt, and mucronate. Flowers white, with 5 petals. Ripe fruit 4–8 mm in diameter, dark red to crimson. Flowers spring–summer.
Family was Malaceae.
General Biosecurity Duty all NSW (as Pyracantha species).
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pyracantha~crenulata (accessed 3 February, 2021)
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