Cotoneaster coriaceus
Common name
cotoneaster
Synonyms
Cotoneaster lacteus W.W.Sm
Family
Rosaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
NVS code
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COTLAC
Conservation status
Not applicable
Habitat
Dry shrubland, forest margins, wasteland in urban places.
Features
Spreading evergreen shrub up to 3 m high. Young shoots buff tomentose and erect, later becoming glabrous, dark purplish and arching. Leaves up to 80m x 45 mm, slightly shining and with deeply impressed veins above, tomentose beneath, becoming less so with age. Flowers in clusters of 20-80, with spreading white petals. Fruit 5-8 mm diameter, glossy orange of scarlet red.
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Similar taxa
Generally similar to C. glaucophyllus but leaves with veins strongly impressed above. and more flowers in each cluster.
Flowering
November, December, January
Flower colours
White
Fruiting
February-August.
Year naturalised
1988
Origin
Yunnan (China)
Etymology
cotoneaster: From cotoneus an old Latin name for the quince, and possibly aster, corruption of adinstar ‘resembling’, i.e. quince-like
Reproduction
Reproduces from seed.
Seed
Many seeds are produced per fruit, but viability is unknown at this stage.
Dispersal
Seed is widely distributed by birds.
Tolerances
Tolerant of wet-dry.
References and further reading
Dickore WB, Kasperek G. 2010: Species of Cotoneaster (Rosaceae, Maloideae) indigenous to, naturalising or commonly cultivated in Central Europe. Willdenowia 40(2): 13-45.