The difference between water cotoneaster and flat-branch cotoneaster

1. The difference between flowers

There are many flowers of Cotoneaster, about 5-21, in cymes, with pedicels about 4-6 mm, linear bracts, bell-shaped calyx tube, triangular sepals, flat petals, nearly round, and white in color. The flowers of the flat-branched cotoneaster are 1-2 and 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. Difference of blades

The leaves of water cotoneaster are ovate or broadly ovate, about 2-4 cm long and 1.5-3 cm wide, with an acute or obtuse tip, a rounded or broadly cuneate base, glabrous above and pubescent beneath, which will fall off later. The stipules are linear. . The leaves of the flat-branched cotoneaster are nearly circular or broadly elliptical, much smaller than the former, about 5-14 mm long and 4-9 mm wide, and the stipules are subulate.