Cotoneaster integerrimus Medik.

Spice Flower In the field

Family: ROSACEAE

Genus: Cotoneaster

Catalan common name: Cornera.

Spanish common name: Bellomera. Cotonastro. Membrillo falso. Níspero silvestre.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Girona. Lleida.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Boreo-alpine

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Caducifolious. Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Pinus mugo ssp. uncinataforest.

Characteristics: Rhodedendron subshrub formations, black pine Pinus uncinata pineries and rocky places. The leaves are ovate, entire and coriaceous, glabrescent on the leaf face and densely pubescent on the reverse. The young leaves are usually folded over the central nerve. The flowers are disposed in groups of 1-3, are pink in colour, with tips hanging. The fruit is reflex, fleshy, glabrous, shiny and red in colour.