Cotoneaster tomentosus
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Cotoneaster tomentosus' 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 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 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 turbinatus
- Cotoneaster uniflorus
- Cotoneaster zabelii
A deciduous shrub of bushy habit up to 6 or 8 ft high, closely allied to C. integerrimus and differing chiefly in the rounder, larger leaves, the biggest of which are 21⁄2 in. long and 11⁄2 in. wide, slightly hairy above, very woolly beneath; stalk 1⁄8 to 1⁄4 in. long. Flowers in short, nodding clusters, from three to six in each cluster, white; calyx very woolly; fruit red; nutlets three to five.
Native of the mountainous parts of Central and S. Europe; introduced in 1759. It can scarcely be regarded as more than a variety of C. integerrimus, although a rather superior one. The leaves are larger and more uniformly rounded at both ends, still not invariably so. The best distinction is afforded by the extremely woolly calyx and flower-stalk. (See also C. zabelii.)