Jeanette Fryer has determined this as Cotoneaster garwhalensis G.Klotz not C.adpressus Boiss which according to Fryer & Hylmo is only found in Sichuan & Yunnan. Both species belong to the Adpressi Series.
C.garwhalensis is recorded from H.P.,Uttarakhand and Nepal. A useful little scrambling, ground-covering shrub with large, attractive flowers and excellent autumn colour. Corolla wide open, petals erect to semi-spreading, rich pink with dark red base and pink border. The TYPE specimen was collected in Garwhal by Duthie (holotype at Kew; isotype at Dehra Dun). On Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 5:11:28 PM UTC+1, Thingnam Girija wrote: > A small shrub, less than knee high, found in the Valley of Flowers, in > June. > Please identify > Girija > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
