Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Photinia serratifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Taiwanese Redtip at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Photinia serratifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Photinia serratifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Pyrus serratifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Photinia serratifolia
COMMON NAME:
Taiwanese Redtip
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JK Marlow jkm130420_559
April Pickens County SC
Flowers borne in a 4-7" wide, terminal, corymbose panicle, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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JK Marlow jkm130420_561
April Pickens County SC
Leaves firm and leathery, undulating, finely serrate from base to apex, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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JK Marlow jkm130420_563
April Pickens County SC
Leaves lustrous dark green above, flat medium green below, glabrous, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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JK Marlow jkm130420_565
April Pickens County SC
Each flower 1/3" wide, with an odor quite offensive , per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Photinia serratifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Photinia serratifolia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Photinia serratifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Pyrus serratifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Photinia serratifolia
3715
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Suburban woodlands; uncommonly cultivated and rarely naturalizing, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: east Asia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
Petiole about 1"
Margins serrate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
5 sepals
5 petals
20 stamens
Bisexual
Flowers in terminal compound corymbs
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red ripening to brownish-purple
Pome
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