Pyracantha coccinea
(Scarlet firethorn)

Pictures

Picture	Title	Caption	Copyright
Title Habit Caption Pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet firethorn); habit. Copyright ©Robert Vidéki/Doronicum Kft./Bugwood.org - CC BY-NC 3.0 US	Habit	Pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet firethorn); habit.	©Robert Vidéki/Doronicum Kft./Bugwood.org - CC BY-NC 3.0 US
Title Habit Caption Pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet firethorn); habit. Copyright ©Robert Vidéki/Doronicum Kft./Bugwood.org - CC BY-NC 3.0 US	Habit	Pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet firethorn); habit.	©Robert Vidéki/Doronicum Kft./Bugwood.org - CC BY-NC 3.0 US
Title Fruits Caption Pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet firethorn); fruits. Copyright ©Robert Vidéki/Doronicum Kft./Bugwood.org - CC BY-NC 3.0 US	Fruits	Pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet firethorn); fruits.	©Robert Vidéki/Doronicum Kft./Bugwood.org - CC BY-NC 3.0 US
Title Habit Caption Pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet firethorn); habit, planted as hedge a. Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, UK. September 2015. Copyright ©Acabashi/via wikipedia - CC BY-SA 4.0	Habit	Pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet firethorn); habit, planted as hedge a. Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, UK. September 2015.	©Acabashi/via wikipedia - CC BY-SA 4.0
Title Habit Caption Pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet firethorn); habit, appox 2m tall, trained against a wall. Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, UK. Septmber 2004. Copyright Public Domain - Released by Adrian Pingstone in 2004/via wikipedia	Habit	Pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet firethorn); habit, appox 2m tall, trained against a wall. Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, UK. Septmber 2004.	Public Domain - Released by Adrian Pingstone in 2004/via wikipedia
Title Potted sapling Caption Pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet firethorn); potted sapling, sold as an ornamental. USA. Copyright ©Florida Division of Plant Industry/Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services/Bugwood.org - CC BY 3.0 US	Potted sapling	Pyracantha coccinea (Scarlet firethorn); potted sapling, sold as an ornamental. USA.	©Florida Division of Plant Industry/Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services/Bugwood.org - CC BY 3.0 US

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Pyracantha coccinea M. Roem.

Preferred Common Name

• Scarlet firethorn

International Common Names

• French: Buisson ardent

Local Common Names

• Germany: Scharlach- Feuerdorn
• Italy: Agazzino

EPPO code

• PYECO (Pyracantha coccinea)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Plantae
•         Phylum: Spermatophyta
•             Subphylum: Angiospermae
•                 Class: Dicotyledonae
•                     Order: Rosales
•                         Family: Rosaceae
•                             Genus: Pyracantha
•                                 Species: Pyracantha coccinea

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Uses List

Environmental

• Agroforestry

References

Oviedo Prieto R; Herrera Oliver P; Caluff MG, et al. , 2012. National list of invasive and potentially invasive plants in the Republic of Cuba - 2011. (Lista nacional de especies de plantas invasoras y potencialmente invasoras en la República de Cuba - 2011). Bissea: Boletín sobre Conservación de Plantas del Jardín Botánico Nacional de Cuba, 6(Special Issue 1):22-96.

Distribution Maps