View source for Prunus glandulosa

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|accepted_name=Prunus glandulosa
|accepted_authority=Thunberg in J. A. Murray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. A. Murray, Syst. Veg. ed.
|place=14, 463. 1784
|year=1784
}}
|common_names=Dwarf flowering almond
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae;Prunus;Prunus glandulosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Prunus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Prunus glandulosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 356, 360
|treatment_page=page 377
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> suckering, 5–20 dm, not thorny. <b>Twigs</b> with terminal end buds, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous; petiole 1–6 mm, hairy on adaxial surface, eglandular; blade narrowly elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5–9 × 0.9–2.5 cm, base cuneate to obtuse, margins crenulate-serrulate, teeth blunt, glandular, apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surface glabrous or slightly hairy along midribs and veins, adaxial glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary flowers or 2-flowered fascicles. <b>Pedicels</b> 6–15 mm, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. <b>Flowers</b> blooming at leaf emergence; hypanthium campanulate, 2–3 mm, glabrous or sparsely puberulent externally; sepals spreading to reflexed, ovate, 2.5–5 mm, margins glandular-toothed, ± ciliate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely puberulent; petals 25+, white or pink, elliptic to narrowly elliptic, 8–11 mm; ovaries glabrous. <b>Drupes</b> reddish, subglobose, 10–15 mm, glabrous; mesocarps fleshy; stones subglobose, not flattened.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Roadsides, fencerows, abandoned plantings
|elevation=0–400 m
|distribution=Ont.;Iowa;Mich.;N.C.;e Asia (China;Japan).
|discussion=<p>Double-flowered cultivars of <i>Prunus glandulosa</i>, which lack stamens and carpels, are commonly planted as foundation shrubs and in borders. Although the plants are attractive in bloom, some horticulturalists consider them of little ornamental value otherwise.</p>
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name=Prunus glandulosa
|author=
|authority=Thunberg in J. A. Murray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Roadsides, fencerows, abandoned plantings
|elevation=0–400 m
|distribution=Ont.;Iowa;Mich.;N.C.;e Asia (China;Japan).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. A. Murray, Syst. Veg. ed.
|publication year=1784
|special status=Introduced
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|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae
|genus=Prunus
|species=Prunus glandulosa
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