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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Cotoneaster miniatus
|accepted_authority=(Rehder & E. H. Wilson) Flinck & B. Hylmö
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bot. Not.
|place=119: 456. 1966
|year=1966
}}
|common_names=Orange-drop cotoneaster
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Cotoneaster zabelii var. miniatus
|authority=Rehder & E. H. Wilson
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae;Cotoneaster;Cotoneaster miniatus
|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 miniatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 454
|treatment_page=page 467
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> 1–1.5(–2) m. <b>Stems</b> erect, spreading, arching, slender, weak; branches distichous, divaricate, light brown, initially tomentose-pilose. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous; petiole 3–5 mm, densely pilose; blade elliptic to narrowly ovate, (24–)30–50(–68) x 12–25(–32) mm, chartaceous, base cuneate or obtuse, margins flat, not revolute, veins 3–5, slightly sunken, apex acute or obtuse, abaxial surfaces pale, reticulate, pilose, adaxial yellowish green, dull, not glaucous, flat between lateral veins, pilose; fall leaves intensely yellow. <b>Inflorescences</b> on fertile shoots 20–45 mm with 4 leaves, 8–18-flowered, lax. <b>Pedicels</b> slender, 5–10 mm, pilose. <b>Flowers</b> spreading, 4–5.5 mm, open; hypanthium cupulate, villose-pilose; sepals: margins villous, apex obtuse, surfaces villous; petals erect, pink, base pink to dark pink or red-tinged; stamens 19–23, filaments white or pale pink, anthers white; styles 2(or 3). <b>Pomes</b> pendent, bright orange-red, broadly ellipsoid, broadly obovoid, or globose, rarely depressed-globose, (4–)6–9.3(–11) x 6–9.7 mm, slightly shiny, not glaucous, sparsely villous; sepals flat, villous; forming star over slightly open navel; style remnants 3/4 from base. <b>Pyrenes</b> 2(or 3).</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul; fruiting Sep–Nov.
|habitat=Thickets
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Wash.;Asia (China).
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name=Cotoneaster miniatus
|author=
|authority=(Rehder & E. H. Wilson) Flinck & B. Hylmö
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Cotoneaster zabelii var. miniatus
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul; fruiting Sep–Nov.
|habitat=Thickets
|elevation=0–100 m
|distribution=Wash.;Asia (China).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Bot. Not.
|publication year=1966
|special status=Introduced
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|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Gillenieae
|genus=Cotoneaster
|species=Cotoneaster miniatus
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