Cotoneaster monopyrenus |
Cotoneaster melanocarpus |
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one-stone cotoneaster |
dark cotoneaster, dark-fruit cotoneaster |
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Habit | Shrubs or trees, 3–5 m. Stems loosely erect, arching, spreading; branches spiraled, maroon, lenticellate, initially pilose-strigose. | Shrubs, 2–2.5 m. Stems loosely erect; branches spiraled, yellow brown to red brown, lenticellate, shiny, initially densely pilose. |
Leaves | deciduous; petiole 5–9 mm, pilose-strigose; blade elliptic, broadly elliptic, or broadly obovate, sometimes suborbiculate, 25–58 × 15–40 mm, subcoriaceous, base obtuse or cuneate, margins flat, veins 4–6, slightly sunken, apex obtuse or truncate, seldom acute, abaxial surfaces color not recorded, reticulate, tomentose-pilose, later thinning, adaxial dark green, dull, coating not recorded, flat between lateral veins, glabrescent; fall leaves pale yellowish green. |
deciduous; petiole 4–7 mm, tomentose-villous; blade elliptic to ovate, 33–45 × 20–32 mm, chartaceous, base rounded, margins flat, veins 5–7, superficial, apex acute or obtuse, abaxial surfaces densely silvery-pilose-villous, adaxial green to dark green, dull to slightly shiny, not glaucous, flat between lateral veins, rugose, sparsely pilose; fall leaves lacking notable color. |
Inflorescences | on fertile shoots 30–50 mm with 3–4 leaves, 7–20-flowered, lax. |
on fertile shoots 25–30 mm with 3 or 4 leaves, 5–13-flowered, pendent, lax. |
Pedicels | 2–5 mm, pilose-strigose. |
3–8 mm, sometimes sparsely villous. |
Flowers | 10–12 mm diam., buds white, hypanthium campanulate to cupulate, sparsely pilose-strigose; sepals: margins reddish, villous, borders maroon-tipped, membranous, apex acute, acuminate, or obtuse, surfaces sparsely pilose-strigose; petals spreading, white, sometimes with hair tuft; stamens (15–)20, filaments white; anthers purple to blackish purple; styles 1(or 2). |
erect, 6–7 mm, open; hypanthium cupulate, dark reddish brown, glabrous; sepals: margins erose, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces glabrous, often apically villous; petals erect, greenish white with pink, red, base slightly darkened, margins white, glabrous; stamens 20(–22), filaments white, anthers white; styles 2–4. |
Pomes | dark red or ruby to maroon, maturing dark purple or purple-black, obovoid, rarely globose or ellipsoid, 9–12.5 × 8.5–11.5 mm, dull, glaucous, glabrous; sepals flat, margins sparsely hairy, sparsely hairy to glabrate; navel open; style remnants at apex. |
purple-black, obovoid or globose, 7–9 × 7–9 mm, dull, glaucous with blue tinge, glabrous; sepals suberect, glabrous or apically villous; navel open; style remnants 2/3 from base. |
Pyrenes | 1(or 2). |
2–4. |
2n | = 48–52, 68 (Russia). |
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Cotoneaster monopyrenus |
Cotoneaster melanocarpus |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Jul–Nov. | Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Thickets | Forested ravines |
Elevation | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) | 300–500 m (1000–1600 ft) |
Distribution |
WA; Asia (China) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Europe] |
MB; Eurasia (Russia, Ukraine) [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | L. Lingdi and A. R. Brach (2003) synonymized Cotoneaster monopyrenus with C. hebephyllus (as C. hebephyllus var. hebephyllus). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Cotoneaster melanocarpus is said to hybridize spontaneously with Sorbus aucuparia in Siberia, forming x\Sorbocotoneaster Pojarkova. The actual Cotoneaster parent is more likely to be a diploid and needs investigation. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 457. | FNA vol. 9, p. 467. |
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Synonyms | C. hebephyllus var. monopyrenus | C. vulgaris var. melanocarpus |
Name authority | (W. W. Smith) Flinck & B. Hylmö: Bot. Not. 119: 459. (1966) | (Ledebour) Loddiges: Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 223. (1847) |
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