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Desert peach

Prunus andersonii A.Gray

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Prunus

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Desert peach: Desert peach (Prunus andersonii), closeup of flowers, small branch, and long thorns. On dry slope at 7000ft in Mono County, Eastern Sierra Nevada USA.
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Arabic
خوخ أندرسوني
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خوخ اندرسونى
Chinese
沙漠桃
English
Desert peach

Synonyms

  • Amygdalus andersonii (A.Gray) Greene
  • Amygdalus andersonii (A.Gray) W.Wight
  • Emplectocladus andersonii (A.Gray) A.Nelson & P.B.Kenn.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.