Cotoneaster glaucophyllus
Franch.Erect evergreen shrub to c. 3 m high; new growth pubescent. Leaves simple, elliptic to obovate, mostly 3–8 cm long, 1.5–4 cm wide, base cuneate, apex acute or obtuse, mucronate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface white-tomentose, sometimes glabrescent, slightly glaucous; petiole 5–10 mm long; stipules small, caducous. Inflorescence a many-flowered corymb; pedicels densely pubescent. Sepals 5, densely pubescent; petals 5, suborbicular, 2–3 mm long, clawed, white. Pome slightly obovoid, 7–8 mm diam., glabrous, red; seeds 2. Flowers summer.
Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, EGL, HSF, HNF, Strz. Also naturalised WA, SA, NSW, ACT, Tas. Native of China. A widely cultivated plant that has become naturalised in bushland from nearby gardens at a number of sites in cooler areas of the state (e.g. Bogong Village, near Casterton, Dandenong Ranges).
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