Pyracantha angustifolia

Firethorn, Orange Firethorn at Fadden, ACT

Pyracantha angustifolia at Fadden, ACT - 4 Jan 2015
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Identification history

Pyracantha angustifolia 18 Jan 2015 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 9 Jan 2015 ArcherCallaway

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3 comments

julielindner wrote:
   12 Jan 2015
Looks like a garden escapee!
galah681 wrote:
   12 Jan 2015
Looks like pyracantha angustifolia - Orange firethorn with unripe berries. Grown in a lot of older gardens, but an environmental weed in all the Natureparks as the birds eat the seeds and then deposit them in the bush.
   19 Jan 2015
This is definitely Pyracantha angustifolia which is the only firethorn in our region which has a densely hairy underside of the leaf

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