| Scientific Name: | Pyracantha koidzumii |
| Common Name: | Formosa firethorn, Taiwan firethorn |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Espalier, Group or mass planting, Screening, Security/barrier, Specimen plant, Tall background |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Lustrous, Oblanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Corymb, White, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Edible, Pome, Dark-red, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Thorns about 1.5cm long; leaves alternate, spatulate, concave, margins usually entire, apex usually emarginate, up to 6cm long; florets 5-petaled, white; pomes orange, about 0.5mm wide. | |