Cotoneaster mongolicus Pojark.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Cotoneaster

Characteristics

Shrubs deciduous, to 1.8 m tall. Branchlets spreading, dark reddish brown, terete, robust, initially white pubescent, glabrous when old. Petiole 2–3 mm, gray pubescent; stipules persistent, subulate, reddish brown, margin pubescent; leaf blade oblong-elliptic, (1.3–)2–3 × (0.5–)1–1.8 cm, veins raised abaxially, abaxially sparsely gray tomentose, adaxially lucid, glabrous or slightly pubescent, base cuneate, apex usually obtuse. Corymbs 3–6(or 7)-flowered; rachis and pedicels white pubescent; bracts subulate. Pedicel 2–3(–4) mm. Flowers 9–10 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially glabrous. Sepals dark red, triangular, glabrous or sparsely pubescent only apically, apex subacute. Petals spreading, white, suborbicular, 3.5–4 mm, glabrous, margin irregularly emarginate, base not or shortly clawed. Stamens 20. Ovary densely pubescent apically; styles 2, free, not exceeding stamens. Fruit dark red or purplish red, obovoid, 8–9 mm, with slightly glaucous bloom, glabrous, pyrenes 2(or 3). Fr. Sep.
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A shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 1.8 m tall. The leaves are narrowly oval and 2-3 cm long by 1-2 cm wide. The flowers are white and the fruit are red. They are 8-9 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.8
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in dry stony places in northern China.
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses food
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

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

Cotoneaster mongolicus world distribution map, present in China, Liberia, and Mongolia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:722583-1
WFO ID wfo-0001016116
COL ID YY3M
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Cotoneaster mongolicus