Common name: Small-leaved Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl. APNI* Synonyms: Cotoneaster microphylla Lindl. orth. var. APNI*
Description: Evergreen shrub less than 1 m high, in some forms semiprostrate with arching recurved branches, becoming very thick and woody with age.
Leaves narrow-elliptic, obovate or oblong, mostly 6–15 mm long, 2–4 mm wide, apex rounded-obtuse, upper surface glossy green, lower surface whitish; petiole 1–2.5 mm long.
Flowers white, 8–10 mm across, solitary or rarely in 2- or 3-flowered clusters. Pome globose, c. 6 mm diam., red.
Distribution and occurrence: Cultivated, doubtfully naturalized. Native of the Himalayas.
NSW subdivisions: *NT, *CT, *ST
Formerly placed in the family Malaceae (now part of Rosaceae), e.g. Flora of New South Wales Vol. 1 (1990).
Text by G.J. Harden & A.N. Rodd
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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