Glaucous cotoneaster

Cotoneaster glaucophyllus

''Cotoneaster glaucophyllus'', commonly known as glaucous cotoneaster or bright bead cotoneaster, is a native plant of China and the Himalayas. In Australia and New Zealand it is considered a weed.
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus A species originating in China and the Himalayas, now widely seen in open woodlands, grasslands, coastal environs, urban bushland and roadsides here in Australia. Has 'moderately important environmental weed' status here in New South Wales and 'significant environmental weed' status in Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT. An upright and arching, many-stemmed shrub or small tree usually growing 3-5 m tall. A profusion of small white flowers (5 mm diameter) are borne in summer in large dense clusters and have five small spreading petals. Australia,Cotoneaster glaucophyllus,Flora,Geotagged,Glaucous cotoneaster,Large leaf Cotoneaster,Rosaceae,Rosales,botany,new south wales,plant,red berries,winter

Appearance

The plant is 4 metres tall with arched and erect branches which are greenish to purple-black in colour. Fertile shoots are 40–70 millimetres long including two to four leaves.

Its pedicels are 2–6 millimetres long and are strigose. The leaves are dull to somewhat shiny and mid-green in colour with light green undersides. Flower buds are white, also the flowers, with a corolla 5–6 millimetres wide. Fruits are globose, orange, and 6 millimetres wide.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderRosales
FamilyRosaceae
GenusCotoneaster
SpeciesC. glaucophyllus
Photographed in
Australia