Vested or woolly cotoneaster

Cotoneaster glaucophyllus Franchet var. vestitus W. W. Smith, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 10: 21. 1917 (as glaucophylla var. vestita)

Shrubs, 2–5 m. Stems erect, arching to pendulous; branches spiraled or distichous, purple-black, ˂slender˃, initially tomentose-villous. Leaves persistent; petiole 3–7 mm, tomentose; blade elliptic, 35–77 x 15–35 mm, subcoriaceous or coriaceous, base cuneate or obtuse, margins flat, veins 5–9, ± superficial, apex acute or obtuse, abaxial surfaces gray-tomentose, adaxial green, dull, slightly glaucous, flat between lateral veins, initially sparsely pilose. Inflorescences on fertile shoots 30–60 mm, usually with 3 leaves, 15–40-flowered, compact. Pedicels 1–5 mm, tomentose. Flowers 6–6.5(–9) mm diam.; buds white; hypanthium cupulate, tomentose; sepals: margins villous, apex cuspidate, acute or obtuse, surfaces tomentose; petals spreading, creamy white, glabrous; stamens 15–17(–20), filaments white, anthers pink-purple to dark purple; styles [1 or]2. Pomes red [rarely maroon], globose, 6–7 mm, shiny, not glaucous, sparsely villous; sepals suberect, ˂margins villous˃, tomentose; navel open; style remnants at apex. Pyrenes [1 or]2.

Flowering Jun–Jul; fruiting Nov–Mar. Urban waste ground; 0–50 m; introduced; Wash.; Asia (China).