Cotoneaster atropurpureus Flinck & B. Hylmo

Washington: King County: Southeast North Bend Way, 1.5 air kilometers south of Snoqualmie. Elev. 475 ft.
47° 30.6' N, 121° 49.3' W
Steep shaded and nearly inaccessible ledges, with Pseudotsuga menziesii, Thuja plicata, Vaccinium parviflorum, Rubus ursinus. Locally common naturalized shrubs 1 meter tall, deciduous, leaves turning orange to red, flat, shiny, 9-15 x 7-13 millimeters wide; 1-3 fruits/infructescence; fruits obovate to braodly so, red, shiny, 6.5-9.5 x 5.8-8.6 millimeters wide; 2-4 seeds/fruit; seed 3.3-4.5 x 2.3-3.3 millimeters wide.¶Specimen used for illustration in Revision of Flora of the Pacific Northwest, WTU Herbarium, 2015. Phenology: Fruits.

Peter F. Zika 23696, Nov 5, 2007
WTU, Accession: 367821, Barcode: WTU-V-021964