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Scientific name:

Cotoneaster cochleatus

Vernacular name:

Cotoneaster, Yunnan


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Yunnan Cotoneaster

Scientific name: Cotoneaster cochleatus (Franch.) G. Klotz

Diagnostic features
Evergreen, procumbent shrub to 0.2m.
Differs from Cotoneaster microphyllus in leaves 5-14mm, sparsely pubescent on lowerside.
Inflorescences 1-flowered.
Flowers 8-10mm across.
Fruits 6-10mm, subglobose, red to crimson.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
Midlothian; Southwest China.

This species is keyed outon Page 2409 in the Text Key.

Cotoneaster cochleatus
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