General:
Low shrub, less than 0.5 m tall; stems spreading, the branches stiff, straight, on a horizontal plane; twigs brown-woolly.

Leaves:
Alternate, deciduous or semi-evergreen, egg-shaped to nearly circular, 1-1.5 cm long, entire, abruptly pointed at the tip, dark green, shining and mostly smooth above, paler and sparsely hairy below.

Flowers:
Inflorescences of solitary (sometimes paired), axillary, nearly unstalked flowers; corollas pink, the petals 5, erect; calyces hairy, the 5 lobes triangular; ovaries inferior; stamens about 20.

Fruits:
Berry-like pomes (like miniature apples), egg- to globe-shaped, about 0.5 cm long, red; stones (nutlets) usually 3.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Flower Colour:
White

Blooming Period:
Spring

Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Red
Present from Summer to Fall

Source:  The USDA

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Cotoneaster horizontalis var. wilsonii Havemeyer ex E.H. Wilson