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Scientific name:

Cotoneaster insignis

Vernacular name:

Cotoneaster, Lindley's


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Lindley's Cotoneaster

Scientific name: Cotoneaster insignis Pojark.

Diagnostic features
Deciduous shrub or tree to 6m with erect to arching branches.
Leaves 2.5-6cm, flat, pubescent to sparsely so on lowerside.
Inflorescences 5-15(20)-flowered.
Anthers white.
Fruits bluish-black, 7-9mm, subglobose, with 1(-2) stones showing at apex.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
Southeast England; West Himalayas.

This species is keyed out on Page 2380 in the Text Key.

Cotoneaster insignis
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