Cotoneaster kweitschoviensis
| Cotoneaster kweitschoviensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Cotoneaster |
| Species: | C. kweitschoviensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cotoneaster kweitschoviensis G. Klotz | |
Cotoneaster kweitschoviensis is a species of flowering plant in the Rosaceae family.
Description
The species is 0.2 metres (7.9 in) tall with its branches being 1.5–2 metres (4 ft 11 in–6 ft 7 in) in length. It has a pilose and strigose apex with acute sepals which are either acuminate or obtuse the border of which is broad and can be villous and strigose at the same time. Its fertile shoots not to mention 4 leaves are 15–40 millimetres (0.59–1.57 in) in length with pedicels being of 3–6 millimetres (0.12–0.24 in) long. Corolla is 6–9 millimetres (0.24–0.35 in) long and sometimes can have from 3 to 4 petals. The fruits are 5–7 millimetres (0.20–0.28 in) in length and are subglobose, obovoid, red and pilose. It calyx lobes are caudate, erect, and sparsely pilose, while the nutlets are 2–4 millimetres (0.079–0.157 in) with sometimes red apex. The flowers bloom from May to June, while fruits ripe from in November.[1]
References
- ↑ Jeanette Fryer & Bertil Hylmö (2009). Cotoneasters: a comprehensive guide to shrubs for flowers, fruit, and foliage. Timber Press. pp. 145–146. ISBN 978-0-88192-927-0.