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Scientific name:

Cotoneaster rotundifolius

Vernacular name:

Cotoneaster, Round-leaved


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Round-leaved Cotoneaster

Scientific name: Cotoneaster rotundifolius Wall. ex Lindl.

Diagnostic features
Evergreen, stiffly erect to spreading shrub to 2m.
Differs from Cotoneaster microphyllus in leaves 7-20mm, sparsely pubescent on lowerside.
Inflorescences 1-flowered.
Flowers 10-13mm across.
Sepals acute.
Fruits 7-10mm, globose to depressed-globose.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
Scattered sites in Britain North to Cumberland; Himalayas.

This species is keyed out on Page 2406 in the Text Key.

Cotoneaster rotundifolius
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