Bullate Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster rehderi
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Species Description
Stace 4:
Cotoneaster rehderi Pojark. (C. bullatus var. macrophyllus Rehder & E.H. Wilson) - Bullate Cotoneaster.
Arching, deciduous shrub to 5m; differs from C. bullatus in leaves 5-15cm, extremely bullate on upperside, hairy to rather sparsely so on lowerside; calyx less hairy; fruits mostly 8-11mm. Neophyte-naturalised; frequent in Britain, North Ireland; West China. Fruits also ripen in August.
Key:
- Petals erect; leaves deciduous; fruits bright red to orange-red or maroon; leaves hairy to sparsely so on lowerside, bullate or at least with veins deeply impressed on upperside
- Most or all leaves >3cm; inflorescences with 9-30 flowers
- Fruits bright red to orange-red; leaves 3-15cm
- Fruits bright red, with (4-)5 stones; leaves 3.5-15cm
- Leaves 5-15cm, strongly bullate, sparsely hairy on lowerside at flowering; fruits mostly >8mm