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Scientific name:

Cotoneaster microphyllus

Vernacular name:

Cotoneaster, Small-leaved


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Small-leaved Cotoneaster

Scientific name: Cotoneaster microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl.

Diagnostic features
Evergreen, procumbent to ascending shrub to 1m.
Leaves 5-8(12)mm, shiny and flat on upperside, appressed-pubescent on lowerside.
Inflorescences 1-5-flowered.
Flowers c.6mm across.
Sepals obtuse.
Anthers purple to black.
Fruits crimson, 5-8mm, depressed-globose to globose, with 2 stones.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
Several places in Central Ireland, surely overlooked in Britain; Himalayas.

This species is keyed out on Page 2401 in the Text Key.

Note
Material so determined from Britain has so far all proved to be Cotoneaster integrifolius.

Cotoneaster microphyllus
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