Cotoneaster adpressus

Species of flowering plant

Cotoneaster adpressus

C. adpressus, Munich Botanical Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Rosales
Family:  | Rosaceae
Genus:  | Cotoneaster
Species:  |

C. adpressus

Binomial name
Cotoneaster adpressus

Bois

Cotoneaster adpressus, commonly known as creeping cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cotoneaster of the family Rosaceae, native to western China. It is a prostrate, dense, deciduous shrub growing to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) wide. It has masses of tiny rounded leaves, with white flowers followed by bright scarlet berries. It is cultivated as groundcover in gardens in temperate regions.[1][2]

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

## References

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1. ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136\. ISBN 1405332964.
2. ^ "Cotoneaster adpressus". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
3. ^ "Cotoneaster adpressus". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved October 2, 2012.

## External links

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* Cotoneaster adpressus

Taxon identifiers

Cotoneaster adpressus|

* Wikidata: Q2306503
* Wikispecies: Cotoneaster adpressus
* BOLD: 555192
* CoL: YXTJ
* EoL: 413439
* EPPO: CTTAD
* FNA: 200010713
* FoC: 200010713
* GBIF: 3025764
* GRIN: 11704
* iNaturalist: 53775
* IPNI: 722396-1
* IRMNG: 10796617
* ISC: 113500
* ITIS: 501649
* MichiganFlora: 2430
* MoBotPF: 286626
* NatureServe: 2.157002
* NBN: NBNSYS0000034370
* NCBI: 690310
* NZOR: c0c8d4ce-9d30-4186-8835-55545f48d122
* Observation.org: 116748
* Open Tree of Life: 624854
* Plant List: rjp-327
* PLANTS: COAD
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:722395-1
* RHS: 4570
* Tropicos: 27806566
* WFO: wfo-0001002295