Swedish Cotoneaster - Cotoneaster dammeri x conspicuus = C. x suecicus
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Species Description
Stace 4:
Cotoneaster x suecicus G. Klotz. (?C. dammeri x C. conspicuus) - Swedish Cotoneaster.
Stems arching to 60cm high, trailing to 2m; leaves evergreen, 1-2.5cm, otherwise similar to those of C. dammeri; inflorescences 1-4(6)-flowered; anthers purple; fruits as in C. dammeri but less bright red and with 3-4 stones; (2n=34). Neophyte-naturalised; throughout Britain, Isle of Man, South East Ireland; garden origin. Cultivars 'Skogholm' and 'Coral Beauty', often mass-planted, belong here; fertile; seedlings are often very like their parent.
Key:
- Petals patent; leaves evergreen; fruits bright red to crimson or orange; hypanthium and calyx glabrous to sparsely hairy or hairy; veins not or slightly impressed on leaf upperside
- Inflorescence with <10 flowers
- Some leaves >1.5cm; fruits with 2-5 stones
- Leaves all <2.5cm; at least some stems erect or arching; fruits with 2-4 stones