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Cotoneaster hebephyllus

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Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Simplified description

Deciduous shrub 1-3 m tall. Flower petals spreading; fruit with 2 pyrenes

Flower colours

White

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Rosaceae

Authority

Cotoneaster hebephyllus Diels

Synonyms

Cotoneaster hebephyllus var. monopyrenus W.W. Sm.

Other information

Etymology

cotoneaster: From cotoneus an old Latin name for the quince, and possibly aster, corruption of adinstar ‘resembling’, i.e. quince-like

Manaaki Whenua Online Interactive Key

Key to Cotoneaster species present in New Zealand