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The leaves look like one I bought two years ago, Cotoneaster congestum nanum, but it's now dead and 'was' a dwarf spreading plant which yours isn't. I searched the name which brought up an interesting article about water-wise plants, Cotoneaster pannosa is mentioned but that doesn't look correct.

Fig. 4. Soil moisture as a function of depth and irrigation regime at Irvine. Cotoneaster plants extracted water from at least a 3-ft depth in the non irrigated block (these shrubs suffered excessive leaf damage).

http://www.californiaagricultu...

Photos of C. congestum nanum to compare the leaves ..



There's a few Cotoneaster to compare on this site ..

http://www.sunnygardens.com/ga...

Cotoneaster microphyllus has very small leaves ..

Its very small, grayish leaves are woolly underneath. Use this horizontal spreader, whose secondary branches grow up, in rock gardens or cascading down banks. Rose red ornamental fruit.

http://www.sunnygardens.com/ga...

https://www.google.co.uk/searc...