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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Cotoneaster sternianus
|accepted_authority=(Turrill) Boom
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Jaarb. Ned. Dendrol. Ver.
|place=20: 81. 1957
|year=1957
}}
|common_names=Stern’s cotoneaster
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cotoneaster franchetii var. sternianus
|authority=Turrill
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae;Cotoneaster;Cotoneaster sternianus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cotoneaster]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cotoneaster sternianus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 451
|treatment_page=page 466
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 1.5–4 m. <b>Stems</b> erect, arching, stiff; branches distichous, maroon, whitish tomentose-pilose. <b>Leaves</b> persistent; petiole 4–6 mm, tomentose-pilose; blade elliptic to broadly ovate, (18–)25–52(–56) x (12–)16–28(–34) mm, coriaceous, base obtuse or cuneate, margins recurved, veins 4–6, deeply sunken, apex acute or acuminate, abaxial surfaces whitish tomentose, adaxial dark green, slightly shiny, not glaucous, on vigorous shoots usually bulging slightly between lateral veins (unless shaded), very rugose, pilose. <b>Inflorescences</b> on fertile shoots 25–70 mm with 3–5 leaves, 7–20-flowered, compact. <b>Pedicels</b> 1–4 mm, tomentose-pilose. <b>Flowers</b> (5–)6–7.5 mm, opening small; hypanthium cupulate, silky tomentose; sepals: margins villous, borders purple, glabrous, apex acute or acuminate, surfaces silky tomentose; petals erect-incurved, pink to red, base dark red (with minute black dots), margins erect-incurved, pink or white; stamens 20, filaments red, distally pink or whitish, anthers white, sutures pink-tinged; styles (2 or)3 or 4(or 5). <b>Pomes</b> bright orange, eventually orange-red, subglobose to depressed-globose or globose, 6–10 × 6–10 mm, base rounded, shiny, not glaucous, pilose; sepals flat, tomentose; forming 5-pointed star over closed navel; style remnants 3/4 from base. <b>Pyrenes</b> (2 or)3 or 4(or 5).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Jul; fruiting Oct–Jan.
|habitat=Mossy cliffs, thickets, hedges, urban waste ground
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=B.C.;Asia (China;Myanmar);introduced also in Europe;Pacific Islands (New Zealand).
|discussion=<p>Cotoneaster sternianus is similar to C. franchetii, a species with more elongated pomes, uniformly pink or purple anthers, and less textured leaves.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Cotoneaster sternianus
|author=
|authority=(Turrill) Boom
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Cotoneaster franchetii var. sternianus
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Jul; fruiting Oct–Jan.
|habitat=Mossy cliffs, thickets, hedges, urban waste ground
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=B.C.;Asia (China;Myanmar);introduced also in Europe;Pacific Islands (New Zealand).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Jaarb. Ned. Dendrol. Ver.
|publication year=1957
|special status=Introduced
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V9/V9_786.xml
|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae
|genus=Cotoneaster
|species=Cotoneaster sternianus
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