Cotoneaster conspicuus |
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necklace cotoneaster, winter-green cotoneaster |
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Habit | 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 1–3 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 8–12 mm with 3 or 4 leaves, 1-flowered, 2–4-flowered on shoot tips. |
Pedicels | 1–3 mm, pilose-strigose. |
Flowers | 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 | 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). |
2n | = 34 (Germany). |
Cotoneaster conspicuus |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Oct–May. |
Habitat | Brushy edges in urban areas |
Elevation | 0–50 m (0–200 ft) |
Distribution |
WA; Asia (China) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Europe] |
Discussion | 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. 457. |
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Synonyms | C. microphyllus var. conspicuus, C. conspicuus var. decorus, C. conspicuus var. nanus, C. nanus, C. permutatus |
Name authority | (Messel) Messel: J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 59: 303. (1934) |
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