Cotoneaster apiculatus Rehder & E.H.Wilson, Plantae wilsonianae 1911 156 1912.  (syn: Cotoneaster distichus var. tongolensis C. K. Schneid.; Pyrus apiculata (Rehder & E. H. Wilson) M. F. Fay & Christenh.);

China (Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), USA (I) (Kentucky (I),
Pennsylvania (I)), Germany (I), Switzerland (I), Great Britain (I), Italy (I) 
as per Catalogue of Life;


Cotoneaster apiculatus Rehder & E. H. Wilson
Common name: Craneberry cotoneaster
Low spreading shrub, semievergreen, irregularly branched; leaves nearly ovate, pointed; flowers mostly solitary, pink; fruit scarlet, globose,, 8-10 mm across.
Photographed from California   






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