Rosaceae
Desert apricot
Prunus fremontii
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (3)
- arz
- برونوس فريمونتى
- Chinese
- 沙漠杏
- English
- Desert apricot
Synonyms
- Amygdalus fremontii (S.Watson) Abrams
- Emplectocladus fremontii (S.Watson) Dayton
- Prunus fremontii subsp. pilulata (Jeps.) A.E.Murray
- Prunus fremontii var. pilulata Jeps.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Florian Boyd, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Florian Boyd, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.