Cotoneaster pannosus

Wanganui. Jan 2004.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Wanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Family

Rosaceae

Authority

Cotoneaster pannosus Franch.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Conservation status

Not applicable

Manaaki Whenua Online Interactive Key

Key to Cotoneaster species present in New Zealand

Similar taxa

Has been confused with C. franchetii, however the flowers of that species have erect petals and the fruits mostly have 3 (up to 5) pyrenes (‘seeds’), whereas C. pannosus has flowers with spreading petals and almost always has 2 pyrenes per fruit.

Flower colours

Red/Pink, White

Etymology

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

References and further reading

Ogle, CC; Sykes, WR (2003): Cotoneaster pannosus as an adventive plant in New Zealand. New Zealand Botanical Soc. Newsletter 73:9-11.

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