Rosaceae
Few-flowered cotoneaster
Cotoneaster nitens
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Cotoneaster
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Common names
By language (3)
- Azerbaijani
- Sallaq dovşanalması
- Chinese
- 光泽栒子, 亮叶栒子, 丹巴栒子
- English
- Few-flowered cotoneaster
Synonyms
- Cotoneaster harrysmithii Flinck & B.Hylmö
- Pyrus harrysmithii (Flinck & B.Hylmö) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus nitens (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ed Alverson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Аимаина хикари, 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.