Rosaceae
Peking cotoneaster
Cotoneaster acutifolius
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Cotoneaster
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Common names
By language (17)
- arz
- كوتونيستر لوسيدوس
- Azerbaijani
- İtiucluyarpaq dovşanalması
- Belarusian
- Кізільнік вастралісты, Кізільнік бліскучы
- bua
- Яргай
- Chinese
- 灰栒子
- Czech
- Skalník lesklý
- English
- Peking cotoneaster, Shiny cotoneaster
- Estonian
- Läikiv tuhkpuu
- Finnish
- Kiiltotuhkapensas
- German
- Peking-Zwergmispel
- hsb
- Błyšćacy kisalnik
- Icelandic
- Gljámispill
- Latvian
- Spožā klintene
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blankmispel
- Polish
- Irga ostrolistna, Irga błyszcząca
- Russian
- Кизильник остролистый, Кизильник блестящий, Котонеастер
- Swedish
- Häckoxbär
Synonyms
- Cotoneaster acutifolius f. glabricalyx Hurus.
- Cotoneaster acutifolius f. glabriusculus Hurus.
- Cotoneaster acutifolius unranked sinensis Koehne
- Cotoneaster acutifolius var. acutifolius
- Cotoneaster acutifolius var. lucidus (Schltdl.) L.T.Lu
- Cotoneaster acutifolius var. pekinensis Koehne
- Cotoneaster acutifolius var. typicus Zabel
- Cotoneaster hurusawaianus G.Klotz
- Cotoneaster lucidus Schltdl.
- Cotoneaster niger var. acutifolius (Lindl. ex Ledeb.) Wenz.
- Cotoneaster niger var. acutifolius (Turcz.) Wenz.
- Cotoneaster otto-schwarzii G.Klotz
- Cotoneaster pekinensis (Koehne) Zabel
- Cotoneaster sinensis hort. ex Lavallée
- Cotoneaster sinensis Rehder
- Pyrus acutifolia (Turcz.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus beijingensis M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus hurusawaiana (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus lucida (Schltdl.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus otto-schwartzii (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Manfred Morgner, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AfroBrazilian, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.