Pear
Pear blossom
Flower cluster
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An early wasp, waiting for fruit?
Pyrus communis sens. lat.
Rosaceae
April and May
It is scattered throughout the country, but is more common
in the South and East.
See the BSBI distribution map for Pear
It is found on the edges of woods and in hedges, old
gardens, brownfield sites, waste ground and along
railways.
It is an archaeophyte which and has been grown as
a fruit crop in the UK since the 990s.
Pear is a deciduous shrub or tree growing to 15m.
P. communis sens. lat. includes both the cultivated pear,
P. communis, and the wild pear, P. pyraster, which have
similar flowers.
Wild pears have spines and inedible fruit, whereas
cultivated pears have no spines and have edible fruit.
Flowers are in clusters.
They have 5 white, slightly overlapping petals.
There are numerous stamens with dark purple anthers.
There are up to 5 long, linear styles.
They spread by seeds, such as, discarded cores.
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