Cotoneaster villosulus (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Flinck & B.Hylmö

Cotonéaster velu (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Cotoneaster

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, 3–5 m. Stems erect, arching, spreading, ?coarse?; branches distichous or spiraled, brown, initially densely villose-strigose. Leaves deciduous; petiole 2–5 mm, strigose; blade elliptic or ovate, 32–72(–104) x 18–37(–46) mm, subcoriaceous to chartaceous, base obtuse or cuneate, margins flat, not revolute, veins 5–8, lightly sunken, apex attenuate to long-acuminate, often acute on short shoots, abaxial surfaces green, ?shiny?, sparsely pilose-strigose, adaxial dark reddish green, shiny, not glaucous, soon dark green, dullish, bulging between lateral veins, rugose, pilose-strigose; ?fall leaves purple and rich dark red?. Inflorescences on fertile shoots 25–50 mm with 4 leaves, 3–5(–7)-flowered, mostly compact. Pedicels 3–7 mm, densely strigose. Flowers 6–8 mm, opening small; hypanthium cupulate, tomentose-strigose; sepals: margins tomentose, ?borders brown, broad, glabrous?, apex acute, obtuse, or apiculate, surfaces strigose; petals erect-incurved, pink or red, base dark red, margins white; stamens 18–20, filaments pale pink, white distally, anthers white; styles 2 or 3. Pomes purple-black, broadly ellipsoid to broadly obovoid, rarely cylindric, 9–11 x 8–11 mm, slightly shiny, not or slightly glaucous, villous; sepals flat or ascending, ?margins tomentose?, strigose; forming star over open navel; style remnants 4/5 from base. Pyrenes 2 or 3. 2n = 68 (Germany).
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 5.0
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Usage

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Cultivation

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

Cotoneaster villosulus world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:722728-1
WFO ID wfo-0001017658
COL ID YY9C
BDTFX ID 19166
INPN ID 92711
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Synonyms

Cotoneaster villosulus Cotoneaster acutifolius var. villosulus