Cotoneaster oliganthus Pojark.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Cotoneaster

Characteristics

Shrubs deciduous, 1–2 m tall. Branchlets dark brown, initially densely greenish gray appressed tomentose, glabrescent, subglabrous when old. Petiole 2–4 mm, tomentose; leaf blade bright green adaxially, elliptic or ovate-orbicular, (0.8–) 1–2.5(–2.7) × (0.4–)0.7–2 cm, abaxially greenish gray tomentose, adaxially sparsely appressed pubescent or glabrous, base broadly cuneate to rounded, apex usually obtuse, rarely ± acute, sometimes emarginate, often mucronate. Fascicles or racemes ca. 1/2 as long as leaves, on very short lateral branchlets in leaf axils, 2–4-flowered; rachis 2–4 mm, tomentose. Pedicel 2–5 mm, tomentose. Flowers 7–8 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially sparsely appressed pubescent or subglabrous. Sepals broadly ovate, margin purple and tomentose-ciliate, apex obtuse or ± acute. Petals erect or somewhat divaricate, pink, base floccose. Stamens 20. Styles 2(or 3), free. Fruit red, subglobose to ellipsoid, 5–8 mm in diam., pyrenes often 2(or 3). Fl. May–Jun, fr. Aug–Sep. 2n = 68.
Life form
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 2.0
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 180 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Cotoneaster oliganthus world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:722617-1
WFO ID wfo-0001016121
COL ID YY4Y
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cotoneaster oliganthus