Willow-leaved Pear - Pyrus salicifolia
Leaves downy and similar to White Willow especially early in the season. It has small pear shaped fruits and white, five petalled flowers with many stamens.
Occasionally planted.
Flowers June
Deciduous, perennial tree.
Occasional in Britain, nearly always resulting from planting.
Rare or under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.
Saharima Roenisch
Spinney Hill Park
04 April 2017
Saharima Roenisch
Leicester Abbey Park
14 April 2019
Saharima Roenisch
Spinney Hill Park
04 April 2017
Graham Calow
Frolesworth Churchyard
10 June 2015
Graham Calow
Frolesworth Churchyard
10 June 2015
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Species profile
- Common names
- Willow-leaved Pear
- Species group:
- Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Rosales
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 6
- First record:
- 10/06/2015 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 07/10/2021 (Calow, Graham)
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Graham Calow
Frolesworth Churchyard
10 June 2015
Saharima Roenisch
Spinney Hill Park
04 April 2017
Saharima Roenisch
Leicester Abbey Park
14 April 2019
Saharima Roenisch
Leicester Abbey Park
14 April 2019
Saharima Roenisch
Knighton Park
09 April 2017
Saharima Roenisch
Knighton Park
09 April 2017
Saharima Roenisch
Knighton Park
09 April 2017
Saharima Roenisch
Spinney Hill Park
04 April 2017
