The difference between water cotoneaster and plain cotoneaster

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1. The difference between flowers

2. Differences in leaves

Flowers: Cotoneaster has a large number of flowers, about 5-21. The petals are flat, nearly round, and white in color. The flat-branched Cotoneaster flower has 1-2 flowers, the petals are upright, obovate, and pink in color. Leaves: The leaves of Cotoneaster are oval or broadly ovate. The leaves of Cotoneaster are nearly round or broadly elliptical.

1. Differences in flowers

Cotoneaster has a large number of flowers, about 5-21, which are cymes, the pedicels are about 4-6 mm, the bracts are linear, and the calyx tube is bell-shaped. Shape, the sepals are triangular, the petals are relatively flat, almost round, and the color is white. The flat-branched cotoneaster flowers have 1-2 flowers, which are nearly sessile. The calyx tube and sepals are similar to the former. The petals are upright, obovate, and pink in color.

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2. Leaves Difference

The leaves of Cotoneaster are oval or broadly oval, about 2-4 cm long and 1.5-3 cm wide. The apex is acute or rounded and blunt, and the base is round or wide wedge-shaped. The upper surface is hairless, and the lower surface is hairy, which will fall off later, and the stipules are linear. . The leaves of Cotoneaster are nearly round or broadly oval, much smaller than the former, about 5-14 mm long and 4-9 mm wide, and the stipules are diamond-shaped.

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