Cotoneaster ludlowii (Cotoneaster ludlowii)
Description
Shrubs evergreen, to 4 m tall. Branchlets spreading, grayish brown to blackish brown, initially appressed villous, glabrous when old. Petiole 1-3 mm, pilose; stipules persistent or caducous, lanceolate, puberulous; leaf blade suborbicular or broadly ovate, 0.8-2 cm - 6-10 mm, abaxially pilose, adaxially glabrous, rarely puberulous, base broadly cuneate to rounded, apex obtuse or emarginate, sometimes acute and mucronate. Inflorescences 1-3-flowered; bracts caducous, linear-lanceolate. Pedicel 2-4 mm, pubescent. Flowers ca. 1 cm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially pilose. Sepals triangular, apex acute. Petals spreading, white or tinged reddish, broadly ovate or obovate, 4-5 mm and nearly as broad, base very shortly clawed, apex obtuse or emarginate. Stamens 20, ca. as long as or somewhat shorter than petals. Ovary pilose apically; styles 2 or 3, free, nearly equalling or lower than stamens. Fruit red, obovoid, 7-9 mm in diam., pyrenes 2 or 3. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Aug-Sep. 2N = 68.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Rosales
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Family: Rosaceae
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Genus: Cotoneaster
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