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Cotoneaster apiculatus
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
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'Cotoneaster apiculatus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Other taxa in genus
- Cotoneaster acuminatus
- Cotoneaster acutifolius
- Cotoneaster adpressus
- Cotoneaster affinis
- Cotoneaster ambiguus
- Cotoneaster amoenus
- Cotoneaster bullatus
- Cotoneaster buxifolius
- Cotoneaster congestus
- Cotoneaster conspicuus
- Cotoneaster cooperi
- Cotoneaster dammeri
- Cotoneaster dielsianus
- Cotoneaster distichus
- Cotoneaster divaricatus
- Cotoneaster foveolatus
- Cotoneaster franchetii
- Cotoneaster frigidus
- Cotoneaster glabratus
- Cotoneaster glaucophyllus
- Cotoneaster harrovianus
- Cotoneaster hebephyllus
- Cotoneaster henryanus
- Cotoneaster horizontalis
- Cotoneaster hupehensis
- Cotoneaster integerrimus
- Cotoneaster lacteus
- Cotoneaster lindleyi
- Cotoneaster lucidus
- Cotoneaster melanocarpus
- Cotoneaster microphyllus
- Cotoneaster moupinensis
- Cotoneaster multiflorus
- Cotoneaster nitens
- Cotoneaster nitidifolius
- Cotoneaster obscurus
- Cotoneaster pannosus
- Cotoneaster prostratus
- Cotoneaster racemiflorus
- Cotoneaster rhytidophyllus
- Cotoneaster rotundifolius
- Cotoneaster rubens
- Cotoneaster salicifolius
- Cotoneaster simonsii
- Cotoneaster tomentosus
- Cotoneaster turbinatus
- Cotoneaster uniflorus
- Cotoneaster zabelii
A deciduous shrub up to 6 ft high; young shoots growing sometimes herring-bone fashion from the older ones, covered with yellowish down at first. Leaves orbicular, sometimes broadly obovate; they are usually apiculate (i.e. contracted at the apex to a minute point), but occasionally rounded or even notched there; 1⁄4 to 3⁄8 in. wide and long; upper surface glabrous, shining green, lower one slightly downy. Flowers solitary, white or pinkish. Fruit red, nearly globose, solitary, erect, 1⁄4 in. wide.
Native of W. Szechwan, China; introduced in 1910. The true plant appears to be uncommon and, under Wilson’s No. 4311, which belongs properly to this species, other species have been grown. It is one of the group to which horizontalis and adpressus belong. Flowers in June.