Cotoneaster moupinensis
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
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'Cotoneaster moupinensis' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Other taxa in genus
- Cotoneaster acuminatus
- Cotoneaster acutifolius
- Cotoneaster adpressus
- Cotoneaster affinis
- Cotoneaster ambiguus
- Cotoneaster amoenus
- Cotoneaster apiculatus
- 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 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 8 or 10 ft high; young shoots, under-surface of the leaves and flower-stalks clothed with down. Leaves oval-lanceolate, pointed„ rounded or broadly wedge-shaped at the base; 2 to 4 in. long, 3⁄4 to 11⁄2 in. wide; strongly veined beneath. Flowers pinkish, borne in June in many-flowered clusters, small and of little beauty. Fruit jet-black, obovoid or nearly globose, 1⁄4 to 1⁄3 in. wide, containing four or five nutlets.
Native of W. Szechwan, China; introduced to this country from France in 1907. There has been much confusion in gardens between it and C. bullatus, but the latter is a much handsomer shrub with abundant clusters of brilliant red fruits. C. moupinensis is really nearer to the black-fruited C. foveolatus. Differences between them are pointed out under C. foveolatus (q.v.), but it may be added here that the leaves of foveolatus are much less prominently veined. In its bullate leaves C. moupinensis closely resembles C. bullatus. It makes a fine spreading bush 12 ft or more through at Kew, and is excellent for woodland.