Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyrus communis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Common Pear at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrus communis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pyrus communis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Pyrus communis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-17-001:
Pyrus communis FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pyrus communis
COMMON NAME:
Common Pear
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pyco_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_pyco_003_lvd
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Sam Pratt sbp_20140331_175858
March Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp_20140331_175957
March Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
The 1-1.5" flowers are quite showy and malodorous, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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Sam Pratt sbp_20140331_180012
March Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
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Sam Pratt sbp_2758
September Spartanburg County SC
In cultivation
Widely planted for its fruit, a pear to 10cm long with green to brown skin, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pyrus communis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pyrus communis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pyrus communis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Pyrus communis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-17-001:
Pyrus communis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pyrus communis
1179
Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Planted, persistent around old houses and in orchards, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Twigs not "thorny" (spur shoots short, rarely spiny)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals (rarely 4)
5 petals (rarely 4)
Numerous stamens
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p288
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p40
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p260