Cotoneaster miniatus

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

Bot. Not. 119: 456. 1966.

Common names: Orange-drop cotoneaster
Introduced
Basionym: Cotoneaster zabelii var. miniatus Rehder & E. H. Wilson in C. S. Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 3: 430. 1917 (as miniata)
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 467. Mentioned on page 454.

Shrubs, 1–1.5(–2) m. Stems erect, spreading, arching, slender, weak; branches distichous, divaricate, light brown, initially tomentose-pilose. Leaves deciduous; petiole 3–5 mm, densely pilose; blade elliptic to narrowly ovate, (24–)30–50(–68) x 12–25(–32) mm, chartaceous, base cuneate or obtuse, margins flat, not revolute, veins 3–5, slightly sunken, apex acute or obtuse, abaxial surfaces pale, reticulate, pilose, adaxial yellowish green, dull, not glaucous, flat between lateral veins, pilose; fall leaves intensely yellow. Inflorescences on fertile shoots 20–45 mm with 4 leaves, 8–18-flowered, lax. Pedicels slender, 5–10 mm, pilose. Flowers spreading, 4–5.5 mm, open; hypanthium cupulate, villose-pilose; sepals: margins villous, apex obtuse, surfaces villous; petals erect, pink, base pink to dark pink or red-tinged; stamens 19–23, filaments white or pale pink, anthers white; styles 2(or 3). Pomes pendent, bright orange-red, broadly ellipsoid, broadly obovoid, or globose, rarely depressed-globose, (4–)6–9.3(–11) x 6–9.7 mm, slightly shiny, not glaucous, sparsely villous; sepals flat, villous; forming star over slightly open navel; style remnants 3/4 from base. Pyrenes 2(or 3).


Phenology: Flowering May–Jul; fruiting Sep–Nov.
Habitat: Thickets
Elevation: 0–100 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Wash., Asia (China).

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Cotoneaster miniatus"
Jeanette Fryer +, Bertil Hylmö† +  and Peter F. Zika +
(Rehder & E. H. Wilson) Flinck & B. Hylmö +
Cotoneaster zabelii var. miniatus +
Orange-drop cotoneaster +
Wash. +  and Asia (China). +
0–100 m +
Thickets +
Flowering May–Jul +  and fruiting Sep–Nov. +
Introduced +
Ostinia +
Cotoneaster miniatus +
Cotoneaster +
species +