Entire-leaved CotoneasterScientific name: Cotoneaster integrifolius (Roxb.) G. KlotzDiagnostic featuresProcumbent to arching, evergreen shrub to 1m.Differs from Cotoneaster microphyllus in leaves 7-15mm.Inflorescences usually 1-flowered.Flowers c.11mm across.Fruits 8-10mm.HabitatIntroduced-naturalized.DistributionFrequent over much of British Isles; Himalayas to West China.This species is keyed out on Page 2404in the Text Key.NoteThis and Cotoneaster microphyllus are commonly grown and much confused. Sexual and variable.
Kingdom PlantaePhylum AngiospermophytaClass MagnoliopsidaSubclass MagnoliidaeSuperorder RosifloraeOrder RosalesFamily RosaceaeSubfamily MaloideaeGenus CotoneasterSection ChaenopetalumSpecies Cotoneaster integrifolius
Cotoneaster integrifolius (Roxb.) G. KlotzCotoneaster thymifolius Wall. ex Lindl.Cotoneaster microphyllus auct. non Wall. ex Lindl.Entire-leaved Cotoneaster (English)Cotoneaster, Entire-leaved [English]
Cotoneaster integrifolius 2 (Flowering, picture taken in cultivation by C.A. Stace)Cotoneaster integrifolius 3 (Fruiting, picture taken in cultivation by C.A. Stace)Cotoneaster integrifolius a (Flowering and fruiting branch, drawing by H. Thompson in Stace, 1997)