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The Wild Flowers of Semiarid to Semimoist Valley Region

Cotonaster microphyllus Evergreen short shrub. 30 to 100cm high. Leathery leaves, obovate or oblong obovate. Single flower, rarely 2 to 3, white. Red fruit, 5¡«6cm in diameter. Flowering: May to June. Fruiting: Aug to Sept. Heliophiles. Drought tolerant. South and southeast Tibet, 2500 to 4500m, shrubland, forestedge. Sichuan, Yunnan, Himalayas and Europe.