| Family | ROSACEAE |
| Genus species | Prunus prostrata Labill. |
| Bibliography | Icon. Pl. Syr. 1: 15 (1791) |
| Native Range | Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-1500m |
| Description | branches grey-black hirsute, leaves ovate, acute, sharply dentate, small, abaxially hirsute, flowers amongst leaves, solitary, shortly pedicellate, pentamerous, crateriform |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | pale pink |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe cuttings in late summer; layering in early spring and fall |
| Synonyms | Amygdalus prostrata (Labill.) Sweet Cerasus griseola Pachom. Cerasus humilis Moris Cerasus prostrata (Labill.) Loisel. Cerasus prostrata var. angustifolia Spach Cerasus prostrata var. concolor Buhse & Boiss. Cerasus prostrata var. discolor Raulin Cerasus prostrata var. glabrifolia (Moris) Browicz Cerasus prostrata var. latifolia Spach Microcerasus prostrata f. griseola (Pachom.) Eremin & Juschev Hagidryas prostrata (Labill.) Griseb. Microcerasus humilis (Moris) M.Roem. Microcerasus prostrata (Labill.) M.Roem. Prunus humilis (Moris) Colla Prunus prostrata var. concolor (Buhse & Boiss.) Lipsky Prunus prostrata f. concolor (Buhse & Boiss.) Rothm. Prunus prostrata f. discolor (Raulin) Rothm. Prunus prostrata ssp. discolor (Raulin) O.Schwarz Prunus prostrata var. discolor (Raulin) Tocl & Rohlena Prunus prostrata f. erecta Molero Prunus prostrata var. glabra Hohen. Prunus prostrata var. glabrifolia Moris Prunus prostrata var. humilis (Moris) Nyman Prunus prostrata var. incana Litard. & Maire Prunus prostrata var. typica Fiori Tubopadus prostrata (Labill.) Pomel |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, KRI Kriti, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |