Rosaceae
Cranberry cotoneaster
Cotoneaster apiculatus
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Cotoneaster
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 細尖栒子, 细尖栒子, 尖叶栒子, 甘肃栒子
- English
- Cranberry cotoneaster
Synonyms
- Cotoneaster distichus var. tongolensis C.K.Schneid.
- Cotoneaster horizontalis var. robustus van Nes
- Cotoneaster kansuensis G.Klotz
- Cotoneaster rotundifolius var. tongolensis (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder
- Pyrus apiculata (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus gansuana M.F.Fay & Christenh.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.