Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Cotoneaster pannosus
Common name
Silverleaf Cotoneaster, Cotoneaster, Silver Cotoneaster, Silver-leaved Cotoneaster, Velvet Cotoneaster
Family
Rosaceae
Where found
Urban bushland, woodland, roadsides, disturbed sites, and along streams. Mainly Sydney area south to Kiama and west to the Blue Mountains, ACT, and along the Hume Highwasy.
Notes
Introduced semideciduous shrub to 5 m high. Fruit fleshy. Young stems white hairy, becoming hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, 1–4 cm long, 8–16 mm wide, upper surface dull,l hairless or slightly hairy, lower surface silvery- or white-hairy, tips pointed and mucronate. Flowers white, 7-10 mm in diameter, with 5 petals, in 6–20-flowered clusters. Flowers spring–summer. Fruit bright to dark red, 5-8 mm in diameter, with 2 'seeds'.
Family was Malaceae.
Pest plant ACT.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cotoneaster~pannosus (accessed 2 April 2021)
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