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Ambiguous Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster ambiguus

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
N. & C. China
Climate
temperate

About

Cotoneaster ambiguus, the dubious cotoneaster, is a flowering plant species in the Rosaceae family, native to central China and Inner Mongolia, and introduced to Belgium and Norway. A shrub of dense forests, it is morphologically intermediate between Cotoneaster moupinensis and C. acutifolius. It is available occasionally from commercial suppliers.

Other Cotoneaster plants

Acuminate Cotoneaster · Peking cotoneaster · Creeping cotoneaster · Cranberry cotoneaster · Wall Cotoneaster · Hollyberry cotoneaster · Cotoneaster cambricus · Small Leaved Cotoneaster · Tibetan Cotoneaster · Late Cotoneaster · Bearberry cotoneaster · Spreading cotoneaster

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cotoneaster ambiguus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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