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Earthquake Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster hodjingensis

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Earthquake Cotoneaster Earthquake Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster hodjingensis dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 31 Oct 2025, 5:03 p.m. 27 Oct 2025, 4:57 p.m.
Earthquake Cotoneaster Earthquake Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster hodjingensis dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 31 Oct 2025, 5:03 p.m. 27 Oct 2025, 5:05 p.m.
Earthquake Cotoneaster Earthquake Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster hodjingensis dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 31 Oct 2025, 5:03 p.m. 27 Oct 2025, 4:57 p.m.
Earthquake Cotoneaster Earthquake Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster hodjingensis dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 31 Oct 2025, 5:03 p.m. 27 Oct 2025, 4:57 p.m.
Earthquake Cotoneaster Earthquake Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster hodjingensis dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 31 Oct 2025, 5:03 p.m. 27 Oct 2025, 4:57 p.m.
Earthquake Cotoneaster Earthquake Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster hodjingensis dylan Floating Harbour and River Avon 31 Oct 2025, 5:03 p.m. 27 Oct 2025, 4:57 p.m.

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Species Description

Grown for ground cover and very rarely escaping and becoming established but probably overlooked.

Stace 4:

Cotoneaster hodjingensis G. Klotz - Earthquake Cotoneaster. Dense evergreen shrub to 1.5m; differs from C. microphyllus in leaves with slightly impressed veins on upperside, hairy to tomentose on lowerside; inflorescences 1(-3)-flowered; flowers 7-8mm across, with densely hairy hypanthium; sepals acuminate, tomentose abaxially; anthers violet; (2n=68). Neophyte-survivor; West Kent and Berkshire; South West China.

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