Cotoneaster cochleatus |
Cotoneaster conspicuus |
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Yunnan cotoneaster |
necklace cotoneaster, winter-green cotoneaster |
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Habit | Shrubs, to 0.4 m. Stems prostrate or nearly so, carpeting, rooting; branches spiraled and distichous, dense, red to purple-black, slender, initially yellow-green strigose. | Shrubs, 0.5–1[–2.5] m. Stems weakly ascending or mound-forming [prostrate]; branches spiraled or distichous, dense, maroon, initially strigose. |
Leaves | persistent; petiole 1–4 mm, strigose; blade obovate to broadly obovate, rarely suborbiculate, 5–14 × 3–9 mm, coriaceous, base obtuse or broadly cuneate, margins slightly revolute, veins 2 or 3, superficial, apex obtuse, sometimes emarginate, abaxial surfaces grayish, reticulate, initially densely strigose-villous, adaxial dark green, shiny, not glaucous, sometimes lightly rugose, glabrescent. |
persistent; petiole 1–3 mm, pilose-strigose; blade elliptic to narrowly elliptic, rarely lanceolate, 6–12(–20) x 2–6(–8) mm, subcoriaceous or coriaceous, base cuneate, margins revolute, veins 3–5, superficial, apex obtuse or acute, abaxial surfaces grayish green, reticulate, initially pilose-strigose, adaxial grayish green [rarely green], dull to slightly shiny, coating not recorded, slightly rugose, sparsely pilose or glabrous. |
Inflorescences | on fertile shoots 8–15 mm, usually with 4 leaves, 1(–3)-flowered. |
on fertile shoots 8–12 mm with 3 or 4 leaves, 1-flowered, 2–4-flowered on shoot tips. |
Pedicels | 3–5 mm, strigose. |
1–3 mm, pilose-strigose. |
Flowers | 7–10 mm diam.; buds pinkish; hypanthium cupulate, strigose or pilose-strigose; sepals: margins villous, apex obtuse or acute, surfaces initially sparsely pilose-strigose; petals spreading, white, glabrous; stamens (15–)20, filaments white, anthers dark purple; styles 2(or 3). |
9–13 mm diam.; buds pink; hypanthium cupulate, pilose-strigose; sepals: margins villous, borders mostly reddish, membranous, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces pilose-strigose; petals spreading, white; stamens 17–21, filaments white, anthers purple-black; styles 2(or 3). |
Pomes | bright red to crimson, subglobose, 7–9 × 8–10 mm, slightly shiny, not glaucous, sparsely pilose; sepals suberect, sparsely strigose; navel slightly open; style remnants at apex on small projection. |
orange-red to red, depressed-globose, 8–10 × 9–11 mm, shiny, not glaucous, glabrous; sepals suberect, pilose; navel not recorded; style remnants at elongated apex. |
Pyrenes | 2(or 3). |
2(or 3). |
2n | = 68 (Germany). |
= 34 (Germany). |
Cotoneaster cochleatus |
Cotoneaster conspicuus |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Sep–Nov. | Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Oct–May. |
Habitat | Forest edges | Brushy edges in urban areas |
Elevation | 0–50 m (0–200 ft) | 0–50 m (0–200 ft) |
Distribution |
NY; Asia (China) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Europe] |
WA; Asia (China) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Europe] |
Discussion | Cotoneaster cochleatus was treated as a variety of C. microphyllus by L. Lingdi and A. R. Brach (2003); here the two are distinguished at species rank, following H. Nybom et al. (2005). Plants of C. microphyllus have a suberect habit, usually elliptic leaves (rarely broadly obovate) with acute apices, and pomes 6 mm wide; C. cochleatus is always prostrate and has usually obovate leaves (rarely suborbiculate) with blunt apices, and pomes 8–10 mm wide. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
G. Klotz (1963) emended the diagnosis of Cotoneaster conspicuus to recognize erect plants as var. conspicuus and more decumbent plants as var. decorus. This variation in habit is not significant taxonomically and not unusual for an outcrossing diploid, so the emended description by Klotz of the species is superfluous. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 459. | FNA vol. 9, p. 457. |
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Synonyms | C. buxifolius, C. microphyllus var. cochleatus, C. thymifolius var. cochleatus | C. microphyllus var. conspicuus, C. conspicuus var. decorus, C. conspicuus var. nanus, C. nanus, C. permutatus |
Name authority | (Franchet) G. Klotz: Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 6: 952. (1957) | (Messel) Messel: J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 59: 303. (1934) |
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