Description from
Flora of China
Cotoneaster distichus Lange; C. rupestris Charlton.
Leaf blade 0.8–1.5(–2) × 0.7–1.3(–1.5) cm, apex acute and abruptly mucronate, rarely obtuse.
Thickets, forests, grassy slopes, mountain valleys; 1600--4000 m. Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Sikkim].