Cotoneaster sternianus (Turrill) Boom

British Columbia: Junction of Eagleridge Drive and TransCanada Highway (Exit 2), south of Horseshoe Bay. Elev. 393 ft.
49° 21.6' N, 123° 16.4' W
Mossy cliffs and balds; full sun; with Arbutus, Cytisus, Holodiscus, Amelanchier alnifolia, Pseudotsua, Danthonia, Selaginella. Adventive shrubs 0.5-1.5 meters tall, branches arching, seen wild in three sites, evergreen, leaves shiny, veins sunken, bulging between lateral veins, leaves 2.4-3.5 x 1.4-2.3 centimeters wide; 8-15 flowers/inflorescence; flowers 6.5-7.5 millimeters long; petals erect, pink, base red, mid-vein sometimes red, apex pale pink; 20 stamens; filaments pink-red, apex white; anthers white with pink sutures; 3-4 styles.¶Reference specimen for illustration in Revision of Flora of the Pacific Northwest, WTU Herbarium, 2015. Phenology: Flowers.

Peter F. Zika 22769, Jun 14, 2006
WTU, Accession: 363837, Barcode: WTU-V-024722