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Scientific name:

Cotoneaster monopyrenus

Vernacular name:

Cotoneaster, One-stoned


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One-stoned Cotoneaster

Scientific name: Cotoneaster monopyrenus (W.W. Sm.) Flinck & B. Hylmö

Diagnostic features
Deciduous shrub to 3m with arching branches.
Leaves 2.5-5cm, flat, pubescent to densely so on lowerside.
Inflorescences mostly 6-20-flowered.
Anthers purplish-black.
Fruits maroon, 8-11mm, oblong-ellipsoid, usually with 1 stone.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
On chalk in Beds and West Kent; Southwest China.

This species is keyed out on Page 2379 and on Page 2381 in the Text Key.

Cotoneaster monopyrenus
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