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Cotoneaster microphyllus

Seedlings. Whanganui. May 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Fruit. Whanganui. May 2011.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Raetihi, Ohura Road; self-established on ungrazed roadside - common in area.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 06/05/2016, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Sprawling shrub planted on wall.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 18/10/2019, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Waikumete, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 22/10/2007, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

cotoneaster

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Similar taxa

Leaves up to 10-(14) x 4-(6) mm; plant to c. 1m high with stems prostrate or decumbent; inflorescences of 1-(2) flowers

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Rosaceae

Authority

Cotoneaster microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1940

Origin

W. and C. China and Himalayas

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

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The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

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