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Pyracantha angustifolia (Yellow fire-thorn, Geelbranddoring)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Order: Rosales > Family: Rosaceae > Genus: Pyracantha

Pyracantha angustifolia (Yellow fire-thorn, Geelbranddoring)

Pyracantha angustifolia, Val D'Or, Zimbabwe. [photo Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

Pyracantha angustifolia (Yellow fire-thorn, Geelbranddoring)

Pyracantha angustifolia in Cape Town garden. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Native to western China. A declared Category 3 invader plants in South Africa.