| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Prunus fruticosa Pall. |
| Synonyms | Cerasus fruticosa (Pall.) Woronow |
| Prunus chamaecerasus Jacq. | |
| Habitat | grassland and thickets |
| Description | deciduous, leaves 15-55mm, elliptic-oblanceolate, finely dentate, dark shiny green, flowers 12-20mm, in small, subsessile umbels, drupe 7-10mm, spherical, purple-red |
| Size | 30-90cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | early spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | decumbent shrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings in late summer; layering in early spring and fall |
| Territory |
Europe
Middle Europe (Austria , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Poland , Switzerland ) Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria , Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia ) Eastern Europe (Central European Russia , East European Russia , South European Russia , Ukraine ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Altay ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) Caucasus (North Caucasus) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | ROSACEAE
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