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Scientific name:

Cotoneaster sherriffii

Vernacular name:

Cotoneaster, Sherriff's


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Sherriff's Cotoneaster

Scientific name: Cotoneaster sherriffii G. Klotz

Diagnostic features
Evergreen, stiffly erect to spreading shrub to 2m.
Differs from Cotoneaster microphyllus in leaves 5-15mm, ± matt on upperside.
Inflorescences 1-flowered.
Flowers c.10mm across.
Sepals acute.
Fruits broadly oblong-ellipsoid, 7-10mm, orange, with 1(-2) stones

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
Scattered sites in Britain; Southeast Tibet.

This species is keyed out on Page 2399 in the Text Key.

Note
Cultivated as Cotoneaster 'Highlight'.

Cotoneaster sherriffii
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