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''Cotoneaster franchetii'' (Franchet's cotoneaster or orange cotoneaster) is a species of ''Cotoneaster'' native to southwestern China, in the provinces of Guizhou, Sichuan, Xizang, and Yunnan, and also in adjacent northern Myanmar and northern Thailand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Cotoneaster franchetii'' )〕 It is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub growing to tall. The leaves are oval-acute, long and broad, shiny green above, pubescent below with dense whitish to yellowish hairs. The flowers are produced in corymbs of 5–15 together, each flower diameter, with the five petals pink on the outer side, white on the inner side. The fruit is a red pome diameter; they are eaten by fruit-eating birds, which disperse the seeds in their droppings.〔〔Flora of NW Europe: (''Cotoneaster franchetii'' )〕 Two varieties are accepted by some authors,〔 but not treated as distinct by the ''Flora of China'':〔 *''Cotoneaster franchetii'' var. ''franchetii''. Described above. *''Cotoneaster franchetii'' var. ''cinerascens'' Rehd. Larger, to tall, with leaves up to long, and up to 30 flowers per corymb. Some authors include a third variety, var. ''sternianus'',〔 though this is more often treated as a distinct species ''Cotoneaster sternianus''.〔〔Flora of NW Europe: (''Cotoneaster sternianus'' )〕 ==Cultivation and uses== ''Cotoneaster franchetii'' is a popular ornamental plant. It has escaped from cultivation and become locally naturalised in parts of the British Isles and the Pacific Northwest of North America.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cotoneaster franchetii」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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