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Scientific name:

Cotoneaster apiculatus

Vernacular name:

Cotoneaster, Apiculate


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Apiculate Cotoneaster

Scientific name: Cotoneaster apiculatus Rehder & E.H. Wilson

Diagnostic features
Procumbent to ascending, deciduous shrub to 1m.
Leaves 1-2cm, ± flat, shiny on upperside, very sparsely pubescent on lowerside.
Flowers 1(-2) together.
Anthers white.
Fruits bright red, 10-12mm, obovoid, with usually 3 stones.

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
On wall and rough ground in Renfrews and Lanarks; West China.

This species is keyed out on Page 2449 in the Text Key.

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