| Cotoneaster salicifolius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Cotoneaster |
| Species: | C. salicifolius
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| Binomial name | |
| Cotoneaster salicifolius | |
Cotoneaster salicifolius, the willow-leaved cotoneaster, is a drought-tolerant, evergreen to semi-evergreen, low-lying, small to medium-sized shrub with an arched branching habit. Specimens growing in the wild, however, are generally larger, averaging five meters in height. Although native to the mountains, mixed forests, and open places in western China, it is commonly cultivated in temperate climates worldwide. Cultivars have been bred in a variety of forms, as ornamental groundcovers or shrubs.
- ^ Cotoneaster salicifolius was originally described and published in Nouvelles archives du muséum d'histoire naturelle, sér. 2, 8: 225. 1885 "Name - Cotoneaster salicifolius Franch". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved June 3, 2011.