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Pyrus spinosa
Also called Almond Leaved Pear
Pyrus spinosa (syn. Pyrus amygdaliformis), the almond-leaved pear, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to the northern Mediterranean region. It has white flowers which bloom in April–May. The fruits are bitter and astringent. It hybridizes easily with Pyrus communis and Pyrus pyraster.
Pyrus spinosa is native to the Mediterranean region, with a core range extending through southern Europe into western Anatolia. It typically grows in dry, open forests and scrublands on well‑drained, rocky slopes and at woodland margins, favouring elevations of 1,000–2,000 m (3,300–6,600 ft) where it often occurs alongside oaks and other drought‑tolerant shrubs. Although principally recorded from Europe and Anatolia, herbarium collections from two sites in western Iran—close to the Turkish border in the Zagros Mountains—confirm its presence there, representing an eastward extension of its known distribution.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pyrus spinosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
