小丑火棘,蔷薇科火棘属常绿灌木,高可达3m,叶片有花纹,似小丑花脸,故名小丑火棘。花白色,花径约1cm,复伞房花序,花序直径3～4cm。梨果,近球形,橙红色,果径约5mm。花期3～5月,果期8～11月,挂果时间长达3个月。小丑火棘喜光不耐阴,光照不足容易引起叶片脱落。喜肥沃而排水良好的土壤,有较强的耐寒性。适栽于我国西南部、华中、华南等地。小丑火棘枝叶茂盛,叶色美观,初夏白花繁密,入秋果色橙红,且留存枝头久,冬季叶片粉红色,是优良的观叶兼观果植物。萌芽力强,耐修剪整型,是庭院绿篱的优良植物及基础种植材料,可丛植也可孤植于草坪边缘及园路转角处,也是制作盆景的好材料。果枝可用于瓶插组合花束。小丑火棘的根可药用,有清热凉血之功效,根皮含鞣酸,可提取栲胶,果实可酿酒或磨粉食用。 Clown Pyracantha, Rosaceae Pyracantha often shrubs, up to 3m, leaves have patterns, like a clown face, named clown pyracantha. Flowers white, diameter of about 1cm, complex corync inflow, inflorescence diameter of 3 ~ 4cm. Pear, nearly spherical, orange-red, fruit diameter of about 5mm. Flowering March to May, the fruit from August to November, fruiting time up to 3 months. Clown fire thorns hi light intolerance, lack of light is likely to cause the leaves fall off. Hi fertile and well-drained soil, a strong cold resistance. Suitable for planting in China’s southwestern, central, southern China and other places. Clown Pyracantha branches leafy, beautiful leaf color, early summer white flowers dense, into the autumn color orange red, and retained branches for a long time, the winter leaves pink, is an excellent foliage and fruit plants. Sprout strong, resistant to trim integer, garden hedge is an excellent plant and basic planting materials, can be clumped or planted in the edge of the lawn and garden corner, is also a good material for making bonsai. Fruit sticks can be used to bottle combination of bouquet. Clown pyracantha roots can be medicinal, the effect of heat and cooling blood, root leather containing tannic acid, can be extracted Trichosanthes, the fruit can be brewed or milled food.