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Scientific name:

Cotoneaster prostratus

Vernacular name:

Cotoneaster, Procumbent


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Procumbent Cotoneaster

Scientific name: Cotoneaster prostratus Baker

Diagnostic features
Evergreen, procumbent shrub to 0.5m.
Differs from Cotoneaster microphyllus in leaves 6-13mm.
Inflorescences 1-2-flowered.
Flowers c.10mm across.
Fruits bright red, 9-10mm, subglobose.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
West Kent and North Somerset; Himalayas.

This species is keyed out on Page 2409 in the Text Key.

Cotoneaster prostratus
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