Cotoneaster horizontalis Decne.

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Habit: deciduous or semi-deciduous prostrate shrub 0.5-1 m tall with long ± horizontal spreading branches.
Leaves: alternate, distichous, deciduous or subpersistent, simple, with small, deciduous stipules; petiole short, 1-3 mm long; blade 6-14 mm long x 4-9 mm wide, broadly elliptic to suborbicular, with a cuneate base and usually an acute and mucronate apex, entire, leathery, glabrous and ± glossy adaxially, sparsely pubescent abaxially.
Flowers: hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, epigynous, small, 5-7 mm in diam., pentamerous, axillary, solitary or geminate; hypanthium pubescent; calyx polysepalous, persistent; corolla polypetalous, pink, red or whitish; stamens c. 12; gynoecium syncarpous, 2-3-carpellate, with an inferior ovary and free styles.
Fruit: subglobose or ovoid red or orange-red pome 5-7 mm in diam., with 3 seeds.

Trees & Shrubs of the ETS de Ingenieros Agrónomos and EU de Ingeniería Técnica Agrícola of Madrid