View source for Prunus minutiflora

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|accepted_name=Prunus minutiflora
|accepted_authority=Engelmann ex A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Boston J. Nat. Hist.
|place=6: 185. 1850
|year=1850
}}
|common_names=Texas almond
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae;Prunus;Prunus minutiflora
|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 minutiflora]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 356, 359
|treatment_page=page 370
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> suckering, much branched, 10–20 dm, weakly thorny. <b>Twigs</b> with axillary end buds, canescent. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous; petiole 1–2(–6) mm, glabrous, eglandular; blade elliptic or obovate, 0.5–1.6(–3.5) × 0.3–0.8(–2.1) cm, base cuneate, margins usually entire, sometimes irregularly serrulate (sometimes dentate on long shoots), teeth sharp to blunt, eglandular, some callus-tipped, apex usually obtuse to rounded, sometimes apiculate, surfaces glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary flowers. <b>Pedicels</b> 0–2 mm, puberulent. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual, plants dioecious, blooming at leaf emergence; hypanthium campanulate, 2–3 mm, glabrous externally; sepals spreading, triangular, 0.7–1.5 mm, margins entire, surfaces glabrous; petals white, obovate, 2–3.5 mm; ovaries hairy. <b>Drupes</b> reddish brown, globose to ovoid, 9–12 mm, puberulent; hypanthium tardily deciduous; mesocarps leathery to dry (slightly splitting); stones ovoid to subglobose, not flattened.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Feb–Mar; fruiting May–Jun.
|habitat=Dry rocky streambeds and uplands, limestone hills, ledges
|elevation=100–700 m
|distribution=Tex.
|discussion=<p><i>Prunus minutiflora</i> is a rare species limited to central Texas around the Edwards Plateau.</p>
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name=Prunus minutiflora
|authority=Engelmann ex A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Feb–Mar; fruiting May–Jun.
|habitat=Dry rocky streambeds and uplands, limestone hills, ledges
|elevation=100–700 m
|distribution=Tex.
|reference=None
|publication title=Boston J. Nat. Hist.
|publication year=1850
|special status=Endemic
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|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae
|genus=Prunus
|species=Prunus minutiflora
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