Cotoneaster nebrodensis, (Guss.) C. Koch

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5. C. nebrodensis (Guss.) C. Koch , Hort. Dendrol. 179 (1853)

(C. tomentosus Lindley ).

Deciduous shrub up to 3m. Young twigs tomentose. Leaves 3-6 cm, suborbicular, broadly ovate or elliptical, obtuse or rarely subacute, with white pubescence above at first, later glabrescent, and with whitish or greyish tomentum beneath; petiole 3 -6 mm, tomentose. Axis of inflorescence, peduncles and calyx tomentose; flowers 3-12, in nodding cymes. Petals usually reddish on the outer side. Fruit 7-8 mm, sub- globose, red, with a whitish tomentum; pyrenes 3-5. Dry, stony places, mainly in the mountains; somewhat calcicole. S. & S. C. Europe, northwards to the Vosges and S. Poland. Al Au Bu Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Si [Da No Su].

C. x intermedius Coste , Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 40: cxxii (1893), a hybrid between 3 and 5, occurs sporadically throughout the area of the parents and is sometimes treated as a species.