Rosaceae

Formosa firethorn

Pyracantha koidzumii (Hayata) Rehder

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Pyracantha

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Formosa firethorn (Pyracantha koidzumii) — FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (5)

Arabic: شوك النار الكوادزومي
arz: شوك النار الكوادزومى
Chinese: 台湾火棘, 台灣火棘, 臺灣火刺木, 台湾火刺木, 家白蚁, 台東火刺木, 台灣火刺木, 狀元紅
English: Formosa firethorn, Taiwan firethorn
Japanese: タイトウカマツカ

Synonyms

Cotoneaster formosanus Hayata
Cotoneaster koidzumii Hayata
Cotoneaster taitoensis Hayata
Pyracantha formosana Kaneh.
Pyracantha koidzumii var. taitoensis (Hayata) Masam.

Flowers

In flower: February to May (from 32 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Yi-fan翊凡, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Cleveland Powell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: andrew2285, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jana Miller, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.