Cotoneaster fangianus |
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Fang's cotoneaster |
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Habit | Shrubs, 2–2.5 m. Stems erect, arching, spreading; branches distichous, maroon, purple, or brown, initially tomentose-pilose. |
Leaves | deciduous; petiole 2–4 mm, tomentose; blade elliptic, broadly elliptic, or ovate, rarely suborbiculate, 21–56 × 13–30 mm, subcoriaceous, base obtuse or truncate, margins flat, veins 4–6, slightly to deeply sunken, apex obtuse or acute, abaxial surfaces grayish, initially moderately to densely villous, adaxial dark green, dull, not glaucous, flat between lateral veins, slightly rugose, pilose; fall leaves yellowish. |
Inflorescences | on fertile shoots 20–30 mm, usually with 2 or 3 leaves, 3–15-flowered, compact. |
Pedicels | 2–5 mm, tomentose-pilose. |
Flowers | erect, 4–6 mm; hypanthium cupulate, densely villous; sepals: margins villous, apex acute, surfaces villous, sparsely hairy submarginally; petals erect, pink or fading whitish; stamens (16–)19 or 20, filaments pale pink or white, anthers white; styles [1 or]2(or 3). |
Pomes | pendent, bright to dark red, obovoid to obconic, 8–10 × 8–9 mm, apex nearly flat, reflectance and coating not recorded, succulent, villous; sepals flat, margins villous, villous; navel slightly open; style remnants 2/3 from base. |
Pyrenes | [1 or]2(or 3). |
Cotoneaster fangianus |
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Phenology | Flowering May; fruiting Oct–Nov. |
Habitat | Disturbed mesic forests |
Elevation | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) |
Distribution |
OR; Asia (China) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Europe] |
Discussion | Reports of Cotoneaster mucronatus Franchet escaped in Oregon (P. F. Zika and E. R. Alverson 2005) are here referred to C. fangianus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 467. |
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Name authority | T. T. Yu: Acta Phytotax. Sin. 8: 219. (1963) |
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