Cotoneaster oliganthus (Cotoneaster oliganthus)
Description
Shrubs deciduous, 1-2 m tall. Branchlets dark brown, initially densely greenish gray appressed tomentose, glabrescent, subglabrous when old. Petiole 2-4 mm, tomentose; leaf blade bright green adaxially, elliptic or ovate-orbicular, (0.8-) 1-2.5(-2.7) - (0.4-)0.7-2 cm, abaxially greenish gray tomentose, adaxially sparsely appressed pubescent or glabrous, base broadly cuneate to rounded, apex usually obtuse, rarely - acute, sometimes emarginate, often mucronate. Fascicles or racemes ca. 1/2 as long as leaves, on very short lateral branchlets in leaf axils, 2-4-flowered; rachis 2-4 mm, tomentose. Pedicel 2-5 mm, tomentose. Flowers 7-8 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially sparsely appressed pubescent or subglabrous. Sepals broadly ovate, margin purple and tomentose-ciliate, apex obtuse or - acute. Petals erect or somewhat divaricate, pink, base floccose. Stamens 20. Styles 2(or 3), free. Fruit red, subglobose to ellipsoid, 5-8 mm in diam., pyrenes often 2(or 3). Fl. May-Jun, fr. Aug-Sep. 2N = 68.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Rosales
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Family: Rosaceae
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Genus: Cotoneaster
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