Cotoneaster integerrimusMedik.

Common Cotoneastercotoneasterwild cotoneaster

WFO wfo-0001008928 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cotoneaster integerrimus, photographed by ahabo
fig. a ahabo, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-28 / obs. 201355544
Cotoneaster integerrimus, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. b Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201310497
Cotoneaster integerrimus, photographed by Petra Caltová
fig. c Petra Caltová, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199594084
Cotoneaster integerrimus, photographed by J V
fig. d J V, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193946736
Cotoneaster integerrimus, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. e Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193937999
Cotoneaster integerrimus, photographed by Pavel Kacl
fig. f Pavel Kacl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193457018
Cotoneaster integerrimus, photographed by Yves Bas
fig. g Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 161214503
Cotoneaster integerrimus, photographed by Michal Honskus
fig. h Michal Honskus, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 127414962

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Native range 38 botanical countries

Regions where Cotoneaster integerrimus is native: Afghanistan, China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Kirgizstan, Korea, Manchuria, North Caucasus, Qinghai, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Xinjiang, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland AfghanistanChina North-CentralInner MongoliaKirgizstanManchuriaNorth CaucasusQinghaiTranscaucasusTürkiyeXinjiangPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSpainSwedenSwitzerland Korea
Native distribution of Cotoneaster integerrimus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
Inner Mongolia CHI
Kirgizstan KGZ
Korea KOR
Manchuria CHM
North Caucasus NCS
Qinghai CHQ
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Xinjiang CHX
Pakistan PAK ASIA-TROPICAL
West Himalaya WHM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Where it actually grows measured, from 833 observations

Condition 5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Coldest month, mean daily low -14.5 °C -4.3 °C -1.8 °C
Warmest month, mean daily high 15.3 °C 23.0 °C 25.2 °C
Annual rainfall 527 mm 722 mm 2,097 mm
Rainfall in the driest quarter 75 mm 127 mm 362 mm

It is found where winters bring hard frost. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 833 research-grade observations of Cotoneaster integerrimus that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.

This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.

Also published as 65 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cotoneaster canescens Vestergr. ex B.Hylmö
  • Cotoneaster cotoneaster (L.) H.Karst.
  • Cotoneaster cotoneaster subvar. borealis (Dippel) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Cotoneaster cotoneaster subvar. depressus (Fr.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Cotoneaster cotoneaster subvar. intermedius (Regel) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Cotoneaster cotoneaster subvar. leucocarpus (M.Roem.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Cotoneaster estiensis J.Fryer & B.Hylmö
  • Cotoneaster gilgitensis G.Klotz
  • Cotoneaster humilis Dunn
  • Cotoneaster integerrimus f. fructo-nigro Medik.
  • Cotoneaster integerrimus f. fructo-rubro Medik.
  • Cotoneaster integerrimus subsp. masclansii J.M.Monts. & Romo
  • Cotoneaster integerrimus var. erythrocarpus (Ledeb.) Krylov
  • Cotoneaster integerrimus var. erythrocarpus (Bunge) Krylov
  • Cotoneaster integerrimus var. intermedius (Regel) C.K.Schneid.
  • Cotoneaster integerrimus var. leucocarpus (M.Roem.) C.K.Schneid.
  • Cotoneaster integerrimus var. masclansii (J.M.Monts. & Romo) Rivas Mart. & M.J.Costa
  • Cotoneaster integerrimus var. parvifrons Borbás
  • Cotoneaster integerrimus var. prostratus Sennen
  • Cotoneaster integerrimus var. pyrenaicus (Gand.) Rivas Mart. & M.J.Costa
  • Cotoneaster integerrimus var. typicus C.K.Schneid.
  • Cotoneaster integerrimus var. vulgaris (Lindl.) Fiori
  • Cotoneaster intermedius Medik. ex Trautv.
  • Cotoneaster juranus Gand.

and 41 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.