Cotoneaster serotinus

Description

The plant is 4 metres (13 ft) tall with arched and erect branches which are greenish to purple-black in colour. Fertile shoots are 40-70 millimetres (1.6-2.8 in) long including 2-4 leaves. Its pedicels are 2-6 millimetres (0.079-0.236 in) long and are strigose. The leaves are dull to somewhat shiny and mid-green in colour with light green undersides. Flower buds are white, also the flowers, with a corolla 5-6 millimetres (0.20-0.24 in) wide. Fruits are globose, orange, and 6 millimetres (0.24 in) wide.