Cotoneaster divaricatus

SPECIES

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

Native toChina North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Tibet, Xinjiang

Observations recorded34,204

Shrubs deciduous, erect, 1–2 m tall, sparsely branched. Branchlets spreading, dark reddish brown or dark grayish brown, terete, slender, initially strigose, glabrous when old. Petiole 1–2(–3) mm, pubescent; stipules caducous, linear-lanceolate, 2–5 mm, slightly pubescent; leaf blade elliptic or broadly elliptic, rarely obovate, 0.7–2 cm × 5–10 mm, midvein raised abaxially and ± impressed adaxially, both surfaces initially pubescent, adaxially subglabrous when old, base broadly cuneate, apex acute, rarely ± obtuse, sometimes mucronate. Inflorescences 5–6 mm in diam., 2–4-flowered; bracts caducous, linear-lanceolate, slightly pubescent. Pedicel 1–2 mm, sparsely pubescent. Flowers 3–4 mm. Hypanthium sparsely pubescent abaxially. Sepals triangular, 1–2 mm, apex acute. Petals erect, pink, ovate or oblong, 3–4 × 2–3 mm, base shortly clawed, apex obtuse. Stamens 10–15, shorter than petals. Ovary pubescent apically; styles 2, free, not exceeding stamens. Fruit red, ellipsoid, 5–7 mm in diam., sparsely pubescent, pyrenes (1 or)2(or 3). Fl. Apr–Jun, fr. Sep–Oct.

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Specimen records

1,059

With media

588

Family

Rosaceae

Collections

MICH, OSU, US, CAS, MSC, SFV

Recorded in

China, United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of

taxon

Parent taxon

Cotoneaster

Image

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