Cotoneaster acutifolius

Peking cotoneaster

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderRosales
5. FamilyRosaceae

Native toBuryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Mongolia, Qinghai, Tibet

Observations81

Observations recorded17,990

Shrubs deciduous, 2–4 m tall. Branchlets brownish or reddish brown, terete, slender, initially villous, glabrescent. Petiole 2–5(–10) mm, villous; stipules caducous, brown, linear-lanceolate, 3–5 mm, slightly villous; leaf blade elliptic-ovate to oblong-ovate, 2–4(–5) × 1–2(–3) cm, veins raised abaxially and impressed adaxially, adaxially glabrous or both surfaces initially villous, gradually glabrescent, subglabrous when old, base broadly cuneate, apex acute, rarely acuminate. Corymbs 2–4 cm, 2–5-flowered; rachis and pedicels villous; bracts linear-lanceolate, 3–5 mm, slightly pilose. Pedicel 3–5 mm. Flowers 7–8 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate or shortly cylindric, abaxially glabrous or villous. Sepals triangular, 1–2 × 1.5–2 mm, apex acute or ± obtuse. Petals erect, white, tinged reddish, broadly obovate or oblong, 3.5–4.5 × 3–4 mm, glabrous, base somewhat long clawed, apex obtuse. Stamens 10–15, shorter than petals. Ovary densely villous apically; styles often 2, free, not exceeding stamens. Fruit black, ellipsoid, obovoid, or subglobose, 6–8(–10) mm in diam., villous, pyrenes 2 or 3. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Aug–Sep.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

339

With media

193

Family

Rosaceae

Collections

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, CAS, USU, CM, A, CMN

Recorded in

United States, China, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Subclass of

shrub

Parent taxon

Cotoneaster

Image

Cotoneaster acutifolius.jpg

Has use

medicinal plant

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