Cotoneaster horizontalis
Common name
wall spray
Family
Rosaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Conservation status
Not applicable
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Similar taxa
C. horizontalis resembles C. microphyllus in its sprawling growth and distichous branching system, deciduous habit, and more or less erect, pinkish flowers (Webb et al. 1988). but the leaves of C. horizontalis are more orbicular and flat with rounded (not apiculate) tips and the branching is less strongly distichous (more ‘herring-bone’ pattern in C. perpusillus).
Flower colours
Red/Pink
Year naturalised
1994
Origin
W. China
Etymology
cotoneaster: From cotoneus an old Latin name for the quince, and possibly aster, corruption of adinstar ‘resembling’, i.e. quince-like
Life Cycle Comments
deciduous