Cotoneaster buxifolius Lindl.

Shrubs evergreen to semi-evergreen, low, to 1.5(–3) m tall. Branchlets dark grayish brown or brownish, terete, initially densely whitish tomentose, glabrate. Petiole 1–3 mm, tomentose; stipules caducous, subulate, 2–3 mm, tomentulose; leaf blade elliptic to oblong or elliptic-obovate, 5–10(–16) × (2–)4–9 mm, abaxially densely gray tomentose, adaxially initially appressed pubescent, glabrescent, base narrowly to broadly cuneate, apex acute and mucronate, rarely ± obtuse. Inflorescences (1- or)3–5(–9)-flowered; bracts lanceolate, nearly as long as pedicels, tomentose. Pedicel 3–5 mm, tomentose. Flowers 7–9 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially tomentose. Sepals ovate-triangular, 1.5–2 mm, apex acute. Petals spreading, white, suborbicular or broadly ovate, 3–4 mm in diam., glabrous, base shortly clawed, apex obtuse. Stamens 20, slightly shorter than petals. Ovary pubescent apically; styles 2, free, nearly as long as stamens. Fruit red, subglobose or depressed globose, 5–6 mm in diam.; pyrenes usually 2. Fl. Apr–Jun, fr. Sep–Oct. 2n = 51, 68.

Shrubs evergreen to semievergreen, low, to 1.5(–3) m tall. Branchlets dark grayish brown or brownish, terete, initially densely whitish tomentose, glabrate. Petiole 1–3 mm, tomentose; stipules caducous, subulate, 2–3 mm, tomentulose; leaf blade elliptic to elliptic-obovate, 5–10(–16) × (2–)4–9 mm, abaxially densely gray tomentose, adaxially initially appressed pubescent, glabrescent, base narrowly to broadly cuneate, apex acute and mucronate, rarely ± obtuse. Inflorescences (1- or)3–5(–9)-flowered; bracts lanceolate, nearly as long as pedicels, tomentose. Pedicel 3–5 mm, tomentose. Flowers 7–9 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate, abaxially tomentose. Sepals ovate-triangular, 1.5–2 mm, apex acute. Petals spreading, white, suborbicular or broadly ovate, 3–4 mm in diam., glabrous, base shortly clawed, apex obtuse. Stamens 20, slightly shorter than petals. Ovary pubescent apically; styles 2, free, nearly as long as stamens. Fruit red, subglobose, 5–6 mm in diam., pyrenes usually 2. Fl. Apr–Jun, fr. Sep–Oct.

Bhutan, China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan), India, Myanmar, Nepal.

Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal].

Mountain regions, rocky mountain slopes, thickets, roadsides, river valleys; 1000–3900 m.

Mountain regions, rocky mountain slopes, thickets, roadsides; 1000--3900 m.