Prunus pumila

Prunus pumila, commonly called sand cherry, is a North American species of cherry in the rose family. It is widespread in eastern and central Canada from New Brunswick west to Saskatchewan and the northern United States from Maine to Montana, south as far as Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, and Virginia, with a few isolated populations in Tennessee and Utah.[1][3] It grows in sandy locations such as shorelines and dunes.[4]

Prunus pumila
Fruit in late July.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Prunus subg. Prunus
Species:
P. pumila
Binomial name
Prunus pumila
Synonyms[1][2]
List
  • Prunus besseyi L.H.Bailey
  • Prunus cerasa Crantz
  • Prunus cuneata Raf.
  • Prunus floribunda K. Koch
  • Prunus depressa hort Pursh
  • Prunus prunella Daniels
  • Prunus rosebudii Reagan
  • Prunus susquehanae hort. ex Willd.
  • Cerasus pumila (L.) Michx.
  • Microcerasus pumila (L.) Eremin & Yushev
  • Cerasus besseyi (L.H.Bailey) Smyth
  • Cerasus depressa (Pursh) Ser.

Prunus pumila is a deciduous shrub that grows to 0.61–1.83 metres (2–6 feet) tall depending on the variety.[5] It forms dense clonal colonies by sprouts from the root system. The leaves are leathery, 4–7 centimetres (1+582+34 inches) long, with a serrated margin. The flowers are 15–25 millimetres (916–1 in) in diameter with five white petals and 25–30 stamens. They are produced in small clusters of two to four. The fruit is a small cherry 13–15 mm (12916 in) in diameter, ripening to dark purple in early summer.[6][7][8]

Varieties[9][8]
  • Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason, western sand cherry (also called Rocky Mountain cherry)  Saskatchewan, Manitoba, western Ontario, south to Colorado and Kansas
  • Prunus pumila var. depressa (Pursh) Gleason, eastern sand cherry  Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick south to Pennsylvania
  • Prunus pumila var. pumila, Great Lakes sand cherry  shores of Great Lakes
  • Prunus pumila var. susquehanae (hort. ex Willd.) Jaeger, Susquehana sand cherry  from Manitoba east to Maine, south to Tennessee
  • Prunus × cistena (purple leaf sand cherry) is a hybrid of Prunus cerasifera (cherry plum) and P. pumila.[10] It was developed by Niels Ebbesen Hansen of South Dakota State University in 1910.[11] They grow to be about 2.1 m (7 ft) tall and can live for up to 20 years.[12]

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