Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Cotoneaster
35. Cotoneaster moupinensis Franchet; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat.; sér. 2. 8: 224. 1885.
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Shrubs deciduous; to 5 m tall. Branchlets somewhat inflexed; grayish black; with conspicuous lenticels; terete; initially strigose; gradually glabrescent. Petiole 2–4(–8) mm; pubescent; stipules caducous; leaf blade elliptic-ovate or rhombic-ovate; 4–12 x 2–4.5 cm; veins prominently raised abaxially and impressed adaxially; abaxially pubescent along reticulate veins; adaxially slightly pilose; rugose; bullate; base broadly cuneate or subrounded; apex acuminate. Corymbs usually 9–25-flowered; rachis and pedicels pubescent; bracts lanceolate; sparsely pubescent. Pedicel 2–3 mm. Flowers 8–10 mm in diam. Hypanthium campanulate; abaxially pubescent. Sepals triangular; apex acute. Petals erect; pink; ovate or suborbicular; 3–4 x 2–3 mm; apex obtuse. Stamens ca. 20; shorter than petals. Ovary pubescent at apex; styles 4 or 5; free; not exceeding stamens. Fruit black; subglobose or obovoid; 6–8 mm in diam.; pyrenes 4 or 5. Fl. Jun–Jul; fr. Sep–Oct. 2n = 68*.
Forest margins; coniferous forests; stream sides; 1300--3200 m. Gansu; Guizhou; Hubei; Ningxia; Shaanxi; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan.