Cotoneaster lucidus |
Cotoneaster rehderi |
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cotonéaster à feuilles aiguës, hedge cotoneaster, shiny cotoneaster |
bullate cotoneaster, puckered-leaf cotoneaster |
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Habit | Shrubs, 1.5–2.5 m. Stems erect, arching, or spreading; branches spiraled or distichous, dense, greenish gray to maroon, not lenticellate, initially strigose. | Shrubs, 2–5 m. Stems erect, arching; branches distichous or spiraled, maroon to brown, lenticellate, initially pilose-strigose. |
Leaves | deciduous; petiole 4–8 mm, strigose; blade elliptic or ovate, sometimes obovate, 28–50(–65) x 17–32(–40) mm, chartaceous, base cuneate or rounded, margins flat, not revolute, veins 3–5, sunken, apex short-acuminate or acute, abaxial surfaces green, sparsely pilose-strigose, adaxial dark green, intensely shiny, not glaucous, flat or scarcely bulging between lateral veins, slightly rugose, initially sparsely strigose; fall leaves intense dark red, yellow, or orange. |
deciduous; petiole 0–3 mm, pilose-strigose; blade elliptic, sometimes ovate-elliptic, rarely obovate, (50–)70–124(–210) x (24–)30–55(–90) mm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, obtuse, truncate, or auriculate, margins flat, not revolute, veins 8–11, deeply sunken, apex long-acuminate, sometimes acute on short shoots, abaxial surfaces light green, initially yellowish strigose, adaxial green, shiny, not glaucous, strongly wrinkled or bulging between lateral veins (bullate), initially sparsely pilose; fall leaves intense butter yellow and reddish purple. |
Inflorescences | on fertile shoots 25–50 mm with 4 or 5 leaves, 2–6(–15)-flowered, lax. |
on fertile shoots 60–120 mm with 4 leaves, 8–32-flowered, lax. |
Pedicels | 5–12 mm, sparsely pilose. |
2–4 mm, pilose-strigose. |
Flowers | 5.5–8 mm, largely open; hypanthium cupulate, base sparsely pilose, glabrescent; sepals: margins villous, apex acute or acuminate, surfaces glabrous; petals erect, pinkish white, sometimes green-tinged, base dark pink or reddish; stamens 18–20, filaments pink, base dark pink, anthers white; styles 2 or 3. |
(5–)7–9 mm, closed; hypanthium shallowly cupulate, shiny, sparsely pilose-strigose; sepals: margins villous, apex acute, surfaces shiny, glabrous; petals erect-incurved, pink, red, greenish pink, or maroon, margins pink; stamens 20–23, filaments pink, white distally, anthers white; styles (4 or)5. |
Pomes | black, broadly obovoid to obovoid, rarely ellipsoid or globose, (8–)9.5–12.1 x (7.5–)8.7–11.8 mm, shiny, glaucous, sparsely pilose; sepals flat, margins villous, sparsely pilose; navel open; style remnants 2/3 from base. |
bright to dark red, obovoid, broadly obovoid, or obconic, rarely globose or depressed-globose, 8–12.4 × 7–11.3 mm, shiny, not glaucous, sparsely pilose; sepals flat, glabrous; navel closed; style remnants 3/4 from base. |
Pyrenes | 2 or 3. |
(4 or)5. |
2n | = 68 (Germany). |
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Cotoneaster lucidus |
Cotoneaster rehderi |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Jul (sometimes reflowering in Sep); fruiting Jul–Oct. | Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Sep–Dec. |
Habitat | Deciduous or coniferous forests, ravines, lakeshores, forested dunes, thickets, edges | Thickets, disturbed forests, flood plains, lakeshores |
Elevation | 0–2300 m (0–7500 ft) | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) |
Distribution |
CO; ID; IN; MN; WA; WY; AB; BC; MB; ON; QC; SK; Asia (Mongolia, Siberian Russia) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Europe] |
AK; WA; BC; Asia (China) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Europe] |
Discussion | Leaf glossiness is often retained on herbarium specimens and is visible with strong lighting and magnification. Plants of Cotoneaster acutifolius of China and Mongolia are seldom seen in cultivation. Reports of it naturalized in North America are here referred to the commonly cultivated C. lucidus, which tolerates continental winters. No specimens have been seen to support reports of the latter from Montana and Oregon. Some reports of C. melanocarpus from Alberta and Manitoba (H. J. Scoggan 1978–1979, part 3) are here referred to C. lucidus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Reports of Cotoneaster bullatus (treated as C. bullatus var. bullatus by L. Lingdi and A. R. Brach 2003) from British Columbia (J. Pojar 1999) are here referred to C. rehderi. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 463. | FNA vol. 9, p. 464. |
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Synonyms | C. acutifolius var. lucidus | C. bullatus var. macrophyllus |
Name authority | Schlechtendal: Linnaea 27: 541. (1854) | Pojarkova: Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 17: 184. (1955) |
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