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habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
branch with short side branches ending in spines (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
elongated leaves with finely toothed margins (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
leaves often have shortly pointed tips (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
immature fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
dark red mature fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
Scientific Name
Pyracantha crenulata (D. Don) M. Roem.
Synonyms
Mespilus crenulata D. Don
Family
Malaceae (New South Wales)Rosaceae (Queensland, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia)
Common Names
fire thorn, firethorn, Himalayan firethorn, Nepal fire-thorn, Nepal firethorn, Nepalese firethorn, Nepalese white thorn, pyracantha
Origin
Native to China, the Indian Sub-continent (i.e. Bhutan, northern India and Nepal) and northern Myanmar.
Naturalised Distribution
Widely naturalised in eastern Australia (i.e. in south-eastern Queensland, many parts of eastern New South Wales, the ACT and many parts of Victoria).
Also naturalised overseas in southern Africa, south-western USA (i.e. California) and New Zealand.
Notes
Himalayan firethorn (Pyracantha crenulata) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT.
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