Firethorn
Pyracantha coccinea M.Roem.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 3.7 m
- wide
- 4.0 m
Rosaceae
Also called Scarlet Firethorn, Red Firethorn, Scarlet firethorn
Formerly Cotoneaster pyracantha, Crataegus dumosa, Crataegus lalandei, Crataegus pauciflora, and 10 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SC. & S. Europe to IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 1.8 m to 5.5 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 2.4 m to 5.5 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -23.3 °C (USDA zone 6a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Piracanto eurasiático, Pingüica, Espino de fuego
- Italian
- Agazzino
- French
- Buisson ardent
- Japanese
- トキワサンザシ
- Czech
- hlohyně šarlatová, hlohovec červený, hlohyně červená
- Danish
- Ildtorn, Almindelig Ildtorn
- Dutch
- Vuurdoorn
- German
- Mittelmeer-Feuerdorn, Europäischer Feuerdorn
- Estonian
- verev tuliastel
- Norwegian Bokmål
- ildtorn
- Russian
- Пираканта ярко-красная, Пираканта красная
- Croatian
- Vatreni trn
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Pyracantha coccinea (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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