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Scientific name:

Cotoneaster astrophoros

Vernacular name:

Cotoneaster, Starry


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Starry Cotoneaster

Scientific name: Cotoneaster astrophoros J. Fryer & E.C. Nelson

Diagnostic features
Evergreen, arching and spreading shrub to 0.3m.
Differs from Cotoneaster microphyllus in leaves 6-8mm, tomentose on lowerside.
Inflorescences 1-flowered.
Flowers c.10mm across.
Sepals acute.
Fruits broadly oblong-ellipsoid, dull red but ± shiny.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
By railway; Lanarks; West & Southwest China.

This species is keyed out on Page 2407 in the Text Key.

Note
Cultivated as Cotoneaster 'Donard Gem'.

Cotoneaster astrophoros
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