Rosaceae
European dwarf cherry
Prunus fruticosa
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- كرز قزم أوروبي
- arz
- كرز قزم اوروبى
- Azerbaijani
- Yabanı albalı
- Chinese
- 草原樱桃, 草原櫻桃
- cv
- Хирти чие
- Czech
- Třešeň křovitá
- Danish
- Dværg-Kirsebær
- English
- European dwarf cherry, European ground cherry, Mongolian cherry, Steppe cherry
- French
- Prunier nain, Cerisier des steppes
- German
- Zwerg-Kirsche, Strauch-Kirsche, Steppen-Kirsche, Steppenkirsche, Zwerg-Weichsel, Zwergweichsel
- hsb
- Mała wišnja, Kerkata třešeń
- Hungarian
- Csepleszmeggy
- Kazakh
- Dalalıq şïye, Далалық шие, دالالىق شىييە
- Persian
- پرونوس فروتیکوسا
- Polish
- Wiśnia karłowata, Wisienka stepowa
- Russian
- Вишня кустарниковая, Вишня степная
- Ukrainian
- Вишня степова
Synonyms
- Cerasus chamaecerasus Loisel.
- Cerasus chamaecerasus unranked sativa Dierb.
- Cerasus chamaecerasus unranked silvestris Dierb.
- Cerasus chamaecerasus var. floribunda Lavallée
- Cerasus chamaecerasus var. umbraculifera Lavallée
- Cerasus fruticosa Woronov
- Cerasus fruticosa (Pall.) Borkh.
- Cerasus fruticosa f. acuta (Borbás) Jáv.
- Cerasus fruticosa f. arborescens Nyár.
- Cerasus fruticosa f. dispar (Beck) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus fruticosa f. pendula (Dippel) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus fruticosa f. typica (C.K.Schneid.) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus fruticosa f. varigata Browicz & Bugała
- Prunus cerasus var. chamaecerasus (Jacq.) Döll
- Prunus chamaecerasus Jacq.
- Prunus chamaecerasus f. salicifolia Zabel
- Prunus chamaecerasus unranked pendula Behnsch
- Prunus chamaecerasus unranked sativa Rchb.
- Prunus chamaecerasus var. dispar Beck
- Prunus chamaecerasus var. elatior Wallr.
- Prunus chamaecerasus var. fruticosa Willd.
- Prunus chamaecerasus var. pygmaea Wallr.
- Prunus fruticosa f. aucta (Borbás) Jáv.
- Prunus fruticosa f. dubia Miyoshi
- Prunus fruticosa f. pendula Dippel
- Prunus fruticosa subvar. umbelliflora Asch. & Graebn.
- Prunus fruticosa var. dispar (Beck) C.K.Schneid.
- Prunus fruticosa var. pendula (Dippel) C.K.Schneid.
- Prunus fruticosa var. typica C.K.Schneid.
- Prunus intermedia Poir.
- Prunus intermedia f. marasca Zabel
- Prunus intermedia f. sativa Zabel
- Prunus intermedia f. semperflorens Zabel
- Prunus pumila var. acuta Borbás
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.