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Scientific name:

Cotoneaster dammeri

Vernacular name:

Cotoneaster, Bearberry


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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)

Cotoneaster dammeri
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