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Round-leaved Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster uva-ursi

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Round-leaved Cotoneaster Round-leaved Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster uva-ursi dylan Laundry Lane 29 Aug 2023, 5:03 p.m. 22 May 2022, 2:08 p.m.
Round-leaved Cotoneaster Round-leaved Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster uva-ursi dylan Laundry Lane 29 Aug 2023, 5:03 p.m. 22 May 2022, 2:08 p.m.
Round-leaved Cotoneaster Round-leaved Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster uva-ursi dylan Laundry Lane 29 Aug 2023, 5:03 p.m. 22 May 2022, 2:09 p.m.
Round-leaved Cotoneaster Round-leaved Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster uva-ursi dylan Laundry Lane 29 Aug 2023, 5:03 p.m. 22 May 2022, 2:10 p.m.
Round-leaved Cotoneaster Round-leaved Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster uva-ursi dylan Laundry Lane 29 Aug 2023, 5:03 p.m. 22 May 2022, 2:11 p.m.
Round-leaved Cotoneaster Round-leaved Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster uva-ursi dylan Laundry Lane 29 Aug 2023, 5:03 p.m. 22 May 2022, 2:11 p.m.

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Species Description

Stace 4:

Cotoneaster uva-ursi (Lindl.) G. Don (C. rotundifolius auct. non Wall. ex Lindl.) - Round-leaved Cotoneaster.

Evergreen, stiffly erect to spreading shrub to 2m; differs from C. microphyllus in leaves 0.7-2cm, sparsely hairy on lowerside; inflorescences 1-flowered; flowers 10-13mm across; sepals acute; fruits 7-10mm, globose to depressed-globose; (2n=68). Neophyte-survivor; scattered sites in Britain North to East Lothian; Himalayas.

Key:

  • Inflorescences with <10 flowers
  • Leaves all <1(1.5)cm, or if >1.5cm then fruits with 2(-3) stones
  • Fruit bright red to crimson, with 2(-3) stones
  • Flowers mostly 1(-2) per inflorescence except at ends of branches
  • Leaves <2x as long as wide
  • Larger leaves >15mm; shrub to 2m, often more or less erect