Cotoneaster integrifolius

Cotoneaster integrifolius (Roxb.) Klotz, Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 12: 779 (1963) (syn: Caragana integrifolia Roxb.; Cotoneaster buxifolius var. marginatus Loudon; Cotoneaster microphyllus var. conspicuus Messel; Crataegus integrifolia Roxb.; Pyrus asterope M. F. Fay & Christenh.);
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Himalaya to China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou): Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya; Introduced into: Austria, California, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Switzerland, Washington as per POWO;
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Bhutan, N-India, Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Pakistan (Chitral, Hazara, Murree), Myanmar [Burma], Nepal, Sikkim, Ireland (I), Northern Ireland (I), Austria (I), Germany (I), Great Britain (I) as per Catalogue of Life;
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Rosaceae Fortnight: Cotoneaster integrrimus from California-GSSEP11/11
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Cotoneaster integrrimus Medic.
Deciduous shrub up to 2 m tall with tomentose twigs, later glabrescent; leaves elliptic to orbicular, 3-5 cm long, tomentose beneath; flowers white to pale pink; fruit red, 5-7 mm in diam.
Photographed from California

It needs correction

It is Cotoneaster Integrifolius (Roxb.) Klotz. and not C. integerrimus which is not reported from California.

 

 

References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  IPNI  GBIF (High resolution specimens)  Flora of North America  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  Wikipedia  NzFlora  Jepson  NCSU

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