Cotoneaster gracilis Rehder & E.H.Wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Cotoneaster

Characteristics

Shrubs deciduous, 1–3 m tall. First year branches glabrous; branchlets brownish red to grayish brown, terete, slender, initially densely tomentose-villous, gradually glabrescent. Petiole 2–3 mm, white tomentose; stipules caducous, subulate, 2–4 mm, membranous, pubescent; leaf blade ovate to oblong-ovate, 2–3.5 × 1–2 cm, lateral veins 3 or 4 pairs, conspicuously raised abaxially and impressed adaxially, abaxially densely white tomentose, adaxially glabrous or puberulous, base rounded, apex obtuse or acute, rarely emarginate. Corymbs (1–)1.5–2.5 cm, 3–7-flowered; rachis and pedicels pilose; bracts linear, 2–3 mm, pilose. Pedicel 3–6 mm. Flowers 6–7 mm in diam. Hypanthium red, campanulate, abaxially glabrous. Sepals triangular-ovate, 1–2 mm, apex obtuse or ± acute. Petals erect, pink, suborbicular, 2.5–3.5 mm in diam., glabrous, shortly clawed. Stamens 20, slightly shorter than petals. Ovary pubescent apically; styles usually 2, free, not exceeding stamens. Fruit red, obovoid, 5–6 mm in diam., puberulous, pyrenes usually 2. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Aug–Sep.
Life form
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 3.0
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 180 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
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Distribution

Cotoneaster gracilis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:722507-1
WFO ID wfo-0000987476
COL ID 6B8PW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cotoneaster gracilis

Lower taxons

Cotoneaster gracilis var. difficilis