Prunus pumila Linnaeus (Q4469)

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Prunus pumila is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Prunus
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Prunus pumila Linnaeus
Prunus pumila is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Prunus

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    taxon/id/Prunus pumila Linnaeus
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    Prunus pumila Linnaeus
    Prunus pumila
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    cerisier de sable (French)
    ragouminier (French)
    sand cherry (English)
    dwarf cherry (English)
    cerisier nain (French)
    Sandcherry (English)
    cerisier des sables (English)
    Shrubs, sometimes suckering, 1–15 (–25) dm, not thorny.
    Twigs with terminal end buds, glabrous or sparsely to densely puberulent (var. susquehanae).
    petiole 2–10 (–13) mm, glabrous or hairy only when young, sometimes glandular distally or on margins at bases of blades, glands 1–2;
    blade elliptic, oblanceolate, or obovate, 2.5–8 × 0.8–3 cm, base obtuse, cuneate, or long-attenuate, margins crenulate-serrulate to serrate in distal 1/2–2/3, teeth sharp or blunt, callus-tipped, sometimes glandular, apex short-acuminate to rounded, surfaces glabrous.
    Inflorescences 2–5-flowered, umbellate fascicles.
    Pedicels 3–19 mm, glabrous.
    Flowers blooming before leaf emergence;
    hypanthium campanulate, 1.7–3 mm, glabrous externally;
    sepals erect to reflexed, semicircular, 1.3–2.8 mm, margins glandular-toothed, surfaces glabrous;
    petals white, oblanceolate, oblong, or suborbiculate, 3–9 mm;
    ovaries glabrous.
    Drupes dark purple to nearly black, subglobose or broadly ellipsoid, 6–12 mm, glabrous;
    mesocarps fleshy;
    stones subglobose, ovoid, or fusiform, not flattened.