Rosaceae
Rockspray cotoneaster
Cotoneaster horizontalis
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Cotoneaster
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Common names
By language (18)
- Armenian
- Չմենի հորիզոնական
- arz
- كوتونيستر افقى
- Azerbaijani
- Üfüqi dovşanalması
- Chinese
- 平枝栒子, 平枝舖地蜈蚣, 地红子, 小葉栒子, 山头姑娘, 岩楞子, 平枝灰栒子, 栒刺木
- Czech
- Skalník rozprostřený
- Dutch
- Vlakke dwergmispel
- English
- Rockspray cotoneaster, Purple-flowered cotoneaster
- Finnish
- Sulkatuhkapensas
- French
- Cotonéaster horizontal, Cotonéaster rampant
- German
- Fächer-Zwergmispel, Fächer-Steinmispel
- hsb
- Wjechlojty kisalnik
- Lithuanian
- Gulsčiasis kaulenis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Krypmispel
- Polish
- Irga pozioma
- Portuguese
- Cotoneáster-das-pedras, Cotoneáster-horizontal
- Slovak
- Skalník rozprestretý
- Slovenian
- Polegla panešplja
- Swedish
- Lingonoxbär
Synonyms
- Cotoneaster acuminatus unranked prostratus Hook.f. ex Wenz.
- Cotoneaster acuminatus var. prostratus Hook. ex Decne.
- Cotoneaster atropurpureus Flinck & B.Hylmö
- Cotoneaster atrovirens J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
- Cotoneaster davidianus hort.
- Cotoneaster davidianus Dippel
- Cotoneaster horizontalis f. variegatus (Osborn) Rehder
- Cotoneaster horizontalis var. horizontalis
- Cotoneaster horizontalis var. perpusillus C.K.Schneid.
- Cotoneaster horizontalis var. typicus C.K.Schneid.
- Cotoneaster horizontalis var. variegatus Osborn
- Cotoneaster microphyllus Diels
- Cotoneaster perpusillus (C.K.Schneid.) G.Klotz
- Cotoneaster perpusillus (C.K.Schneid.) Flinck & B.Hylmö
- Cotoneaster symonsii Loudon ex Koehne
- Diospyros chaffanjonii H.Lév.
- Pyrus atroramosa M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus atrovirens (J.Fryer & B.Hylmö) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus horizontalis (Decne.) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus perpusilla (C.K.Schneid.) 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
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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.