Late Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster lacteus
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Species Description
Scattered throughout the UK but mainly in the South. Habitat includes: gardens, parks, allotments, churchyards, woodland, hedgerows, rough grassland, roadside verges, railway banks, walls, wasteland. It is often bird-sown. Growing habit: spreading, Evergreen. Height: Up to 7 m. Flowers: June to July. Cultivated in Britain since 1913 and was first recorded in the wild in 1976 (Surrey). Other names include: Milk-flower Cotoneaster, Parney Cotoneaster.
Stace 4:
Cotoneaster lacteus W.W.Sm. - Late Cotoneaster.
Evergreen, spreading shrub to 7m; leaves 3.5-9cm, slightly shiny and with deeply impressed veins on upperside, tomentose on lowerside; inflorescence >30-flowered; anthers purplish-black; fruits bright red to crimson-red, 5-6mm, more or less globose, with 2 stones; (2n=68). Neophyte-naturalised; Britain North to Central Scotland, South Ireland, Isle of Man, planted as field-hedges in East Anglia; South West China. 1 of the latest flowering and fruiting sp.; fruits rarely ripen before November.
Key:
- Leaves acute to obtuse or rounded at apex; fruits with 1-2 stones
- Leaves 4-12cm, with veins deeply impressed on upperside
Useful Links:
Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora
Kew (changed name to C. coriaceus)