Cotoneaster conspicuus

(Messel) Messel

J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 59: 303. 1934.

Common names: Necklace or winter-green cotoneaster
Introduced
Basionym: Cotoneaster microphyllus var. conspicuus Messel Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 94: 299. 1933 (as microphylla var. conspicua)
Synonyms: C. conspicuus var. decorus P. G. Russell C. conspicuus var. nanus G. Klotz C. nanus C. permutatus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 457. Mentioned on page 452, 458, 460.

Shrubs, 0.5–1 [–2.5] m. Stems weakly ascending or mound-forming [prostrate]; branches spiraled or distichous, dense, maroon, initially strigose. Leaves persistent; petiole 1–3 mm, pilose-strigose; blade elliptic to narrowly elliptic, rarely lanceolate, 6–12 (–20) x 2–6 (–8) mm, subcoriaceous or coriaceous, base cuneate, margins revolute, veins 3–5, superficial, apex obtuse or acute, abaxial surfaces grayish green, reticulate, initially pilose-strigose, adaxial grayish green [rarely green], dull to slightly shiny, coating not recorded, slightly rugose, sparsely pilose or glabrous. Inflorescences on fertile shoots 8–12 mm with 3 or 4 leaves, 1-flowered, 2–4-flowered on shoot tips. Pedicels 1–3 mm, pilose-strigose. Flowers 9–13 mm diam.; buds pink; hypanthium cupulate, pilose-strigose; sepals: margins villous, borders mostly reddish, membranous, apex acute or obtuse, surfaces pilose-strigose; petals spreading, white; stamens 17–21, filaments white, anthers purple-black; styles 2 (or 3). Pomes orange-red to red, depressed-globose, 8–10 × 9–11 mm, shiny, not glaucous, glabrous; sepals suberect, pilose; navel not recorded; style remnants at elongated apex. Pyrenes 2 (or 3). 2n = 34 (Germany).


Phenology: Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Oct–May.
Habitat: Brushy edges in urban areas
Elevation: 0–50 m

Distribution

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Introduced; Wash., Asia (China), also in Europe

Discussion

G. Klotz (1963) emended the diagnosis of Cotoneaster conspicuus to recognize erect plants as var. conspicuus and more decumbent plants as var. decorus. This variation in habit is not significant taxonomically and not unusual for an outcrossing diploid, so the emended description by Klotz of the species is superfluous.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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glabrous +  and pilose +
dull +  and slightly shiny +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
purple-black +
elliptic to narrowly +
elongated +
obtuse;acute;acute;obtuse +
Jeanette Fryer +, Bertil Hylmö† +  and Peter F. Zika +
(Messel) Messel +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
cuneate +
Cotoneaster microphyllus var. conspicuus +
elliptic +  and elliptic to narrowly +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (21 cm210 mm <br />0.21 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
lanceolate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
coriaceous +  and subcoriaceous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
membranous +
distichous +  and spiraled +
adnate +  and distinct +
strigose +  and tomentose +
Necklace or winter-green cotoneaster +
Wash. +, Asia (China) +  and also in Europe +
not +  and aggregated +
0–50 m +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
hairy +  and glabrous +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
not +  and aggregated +
not +  and aggregated +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
orange +  and red or purple +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Brushy edges in urban areas +
pilose-strigose +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
1-150[-200]-flowered +
flattened +  and domed +
crassinucellate +
persistent +
pinnate +  and entire +
2 (?) +  and 14 (?) +
revolute +  and flat +
inferior +  and superior +
biseriate +  and clustered +
collateral +  and basal +
pilose-strigose +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
0 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
free +  and distinct +
1 +  and 5 +
orbiculate;spatulate +
pilose-strigose +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–May +  and fruiting Oct–May. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
orange-red +  and red +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
glabrous +  and not glaucous +
depressed-globose +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
J. Roy. Hort. Soc. +
trigonous +  and planoconvex +
not arillate +
persistent +
free +  and distinct +
triangular +
2-4-flowered +  and 1-flowered +
tomentose +  and strigose +
Introduced +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
mound-forming +
1 +  and 25 +
short-adnate +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate;linear +
deciduous +
distinct +
lateral +  and terminal +
elongate +
pilose-strigose +
C. conspicuus var. decorus +, C. conspicuus var. nanus +, C. nanus +  and C. permutatus +
Cotoneaster conspicuus +
Cotoneaster +
species +
inconspicuous +
superficial +
3 (?) +  and 5 (?) +
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> (250 cm2,500 mm <br />2.5 m <br />) +