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pyracantha (pĭr'əkăn`thə) or firethorn, any hardwood evergreen shrub of the genus Pyracantha of the family Rosaceae (rose rose, common name for some members of the Rosaceae, a large family of herbs, shrubs, and trees distributed over most of the earth, and for plants of the genus Rosa, the true roses. ..... Click the link for more information. family). Native from S Europe to W China, pyracanthas are now cultivated elsewhere (often as hedge plants or espaliered on walls) for their red fruits and spiny branches. P. coccinea, also called everlasting thorn, is the most popular; it now grows wild in parts of North America. Pyracantha is classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə) ..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Rosaceae. |
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Seasonal spotlights move from spring flowering magnolias to summer blooming hibiscus, fall fruiting pyracantha, and exfoliating crape-myrtle bark in winter. Low-growing varieties of lantana, rosemary, cotoneaster, pyracantha, manzanita, acacia and ceanothus will ``swallow up'' ripe olives as they fall. The zoo has to keep pesticides out of the insects' food, too, a challenge for a place that needs more than a dozen branches of pyracantha a week. |
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