Cotoneaster acuminatus Lindley var. prostratus Hooker ex Decaisne; C. symonsii Loudon ex Koehne; Diospyros chaffanjoni H. Léveillé.

Leaf blade 6–14 mm, not variegated with white. Fruit subglobose, 5–7 mm in diam., pyrenes 3, rarely 2.

Further study is necessary to determine the identities of Cotoneaster atropurpureus Flinck & B. Hylmö and C. flinckii J. Fryer & B. Hylmö, which might be synonymous with this taxon.

Thickets, rocky slopes, dry mountain areas; 2000--3500 m. Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Nepal].