| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Prunus fruticosa Pall. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Ross. 1: 19 (1784) |
| Native Range | c. & se. Europe to sw. Siberia |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| 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 | 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 |
| Synonyms | Cerasus chamaecerasus Loisel. Cerasus chamaecerasus var. floribunda Lavallée Cerasus chamaecerasus var. umbraculifera Lavallée Cerasus fruticosa (Pall.) Borkh. Cerasus fruticosa f. acuta (Borbás) Jáv. Cerasus fruticosa f. arborescens Nyár. Cerasus fruticosa f. dispar (Beck) S.Ya.Sokolov Cerasus fruticosa f. pendula (Dippel) S.Ya.Sokolov Cerasus fruticosa f. typica (C.K.Schneid.) S.Ya.Sokolov Cerasus fruticosa f. variegata Browicz & Bugala Prunus cerasus var. chamaecerasus (Jacq.) Döll Prunus chamaecerasus Jacq. Prunus chamaecerasus var. dispar Beck Prunus chamaecerasus var. elatior Wallr. Prunus chamaecerasus var. fruticosa Willd. Prunus chamaecerasus var. pygmaea Wallr. Prunus chamaecerasus f. salicifolia Zabel Prunus fruticosa f. aucta (Borbás) Jáv. Prunus fruticosa var. dispar (Beck) C.K.Schneid. Prunus fruticosa f. dubia Miyoshi Prunus futicosa f. pendula Dippel Prunus fruticosa var. pendula (Dippel) C.K.Schneid. Prunus fruticosa var. typica C.K.Schneid. Prunus intermedia Poir. Prunus intermedia f. marasca Zabel Prunus intermedia f. sativa Zabel Prunus intermedia f. semperflorens Zabel Prunus pumila var. acuta Borbás |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus) |