| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Cotoneaster nummularius Fisch. & C.A.Mey. |
| Bibliography | Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 2: 34 (1836) |
| Native Range | e. Medit. to n. China and Arabian Peninsula, Morocco |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Altitude | 1000-3300m |
| Description | evergreen, leaves small, orbiculate or obovate, obtuse, abaxially velutinous-lanate, flowers of 2-5 in short cymes, berry small, obovoid-spherical, black |
| Size | 10-150cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Cotoneaster afghanicus G.Klotz Cotoneaster creticus J.Fryer & B.Hylmö Cotoneaster discolor Pojark. Cotoneaster falconeri G.Klotz Cotoneaster fontanesii var. nummularius (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Regel Cotoneaster integerrimus var. nummularius (Fisch. & C..A.Mey.) Fiori Cotoneaster nummularius var. ovalifolius V.F.Vassil. Cotoneaster nummularius var. tomentosus Aitch. Cotoneaster nummularius var. typicus Koehne Cotoneaster minutus G.Klotz Cotoneaster pruinosus Klotz Cotoneaster nummularius var. meyeri Zabel Cotoneaster racemiflorus var. nummularius (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Dippel Cotoneaster racemiflorus var. subuniflorus Kitam. Cotoneaster subuniflorus (Kitam.) G.Klotz Crataegus tomentosa C.A.Mey. Mespilus tomentosa Hohen. Pyrus afghanica (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh. Pyrus falconeri (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh. Pyrus heracleotica M.F.Fay & Christenh. Pyrus kopetdaghensis M.F.Fay & Christenh. Pyrus minuta M.F.Fay & Christenh. Pyrus nummularia (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) M.F.Fay & Christenh. Pyrus pruinosa (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh. Pyrus subuniflora (Kitam.) M.F.Fay & Christenh. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey) 35 Arabian Peninsula (OMA Oman, SAU Saudi Arabia, YEM Yemen) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |