Cotoneaster vilmorinianus Vilmorin's Cotoneaster

An uncommon, alien Cotoneaster which is native to China and grows as a small, evergreen, arching shrub with small leaves that are wolly hairy on their lower side. The relatively small, red berries have 2 or 3 seeds in them, unlike Diels' Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster dielsianus) which usually has 4 seeds in each berry. In West Glamorgan it has only been recorded on the Baglan Energy Park,

Neophyte