Rosaceae
Orange cotoneaster
Cotoneaster franchetii
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Cotoneaster
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Common names
By language (8)
- arz
- كوتونيستر فرانشيتى
- Azerbaijani
- Franşe dovşanalması
- Chinese
- 西南栒子, 佛氏栒子, 马蝗果
- Czech
- Skalník Franchetův
- English
- Orange cotoneaster
- French
- Cotonéaster de Franchet, Cotonéastre de Franchet
- German
- Franchets Zwergmispel
- Russian
- Кизильник Франше
Synonyms
- Cotoneaster cinerascens (Rehder) Flinck & B.Hylmö
- Cotoneaster franchetii var. cinerascens Rehder
- Cotoneaster mairei var. albiflorus H.Lév.
- Cotoneaster vilmorinianus G.Klotz
- Cotoneaster wardii Anon.
- Pyrus cinerascens (Rehder) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus franchetii (Bois) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus klotzii M.F.Fay & Christenh.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: A. Barra, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.