Bearberry Cotoneaster
Scientific name: Cotoneaster dammeri C.K. Schneid.
Diagnostic features Procumbent, evergreen shrub with branches to 3m. Leaves 1.5-3cm, shiny and ± flat on upperside, glabrous to sparsely pubescent on lowerside. Inflorescences 1-2(4)-flowered. Anthers purple. Fruits bright red, 6-8mm, globose to very broadly obovoid, usually with 5 stones.
Habitat Introduced-naturalized.
Distribution Britain North to Central Scotland; Central China.
This species is keyed out on Page 2398 in the Text Key.
Hybrids - See Cotoneaster suecicus(x) G. Klotz (= ?Cotoneaster dammeri x Cotoneaster conspicuus) |