Rosaceae
Flowering almond
Prunus glandulosa
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (10)
- Chinese
- 麦李
- Czech
- Slivoň žláznatá
- dsb
- Załzowa wišnja
- English
- Flowering almond
- hsb
- Žałzata wišnja
- Japanese
- ニワザクラ
- Korean
- 산옥매
- Polish
- Wiśnia gruczołkowata
- Slovenian
- Žlezova češnjica
- Ukrainian
- Вишня залізиста
Synonyms
- Amygdalus pumila L.
- Armeniaca pumila (L.) Dum.Cours.
- Cerasus glandulosa (Thunb.) Loisel.
- Cerasus glandulosa f. alba (Koehne) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus glandulosa f. albiplena (Koehne) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus glandulosa f. rosea (Koehne) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus glandulosa f. sinensis (Pers.) S.Ya.Sokolov
- Cerasus glandulosa var. trichostyla (Koehne) J.X.Yang
- Cerasus japonica var. glandulosa (Thunb.) Kom. & Aliss.
- Cerasus japonica var. multiplex Ser.
- Cerasus sinensis Spach
- Emplectocladus glandulosus (Thunb.) Dayton
- Microcerasus glandulosa (Thunb.) M.Roem.
- Microcerasus sinensis M.Roem.
- Persica pumila (L.) Borkh.
- Prunus glandulosa f. albiplena Koehne
- Prunus glandulosa f. faberi Koehne
- Prunus glandulosa f. paokangensis (C.K.Schneid.) Koehne
- Prunus glandulosa f. sieboldiana Shirai ex Koehne
- Prunus glandulosa f. sinensis (Pers.) Koehne
- Prunus glandulosa subf. alba Koehne
- Prunus glandulosa subf. rosea Koehne
- Prunus glandulosa var. alba Skvortsov
- Prunus glandulosa var. albiplena (Koehne) Nakai
- Prunus glandulosa var. glabra Koehne
- Prunus glandulosa var. multiplexa (Ser.) T.B.Lee
- Prunus glandulosa var. purdomii Koehne
- Prunus glandulosa var. rosea Skvortsov
- Prunus glandulosa var. sinensis (Pers.) Nakai
- Prunus glandulosa var. trichostyla Koehne
- Prunus japonica Bean
- Prunus japonica var. albopleno Lem.
- Prunus japonica var. glandulosa (Thunb.) Maxim.
- Prunus japonica var. multiplex (Ser.) D.Dietr.
- Prunus japonica var. packangensis C.K.Schneid.
- Prunus pumilio Batsch
- Prunus sinensis Pers.
- Prunus sinensis Desf.
- Pygeum ovale Elmer ex Merr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rexness from Melbourne, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Flowering almond: 麥李 Prunus glandulosa [瀋陽植物園 Shenyang Botanical Garden, China]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/%E9%BA%A5%E6%9D%8E_Prunus_glandulosa_-%E7%80%8B%E9%99%BD%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Shenyang_Botanical_Garden%2C_China-_%289240275038%29.jpg/1280px-%E9%BA%A5%E6%9D%8E_Prunus_glandulosa_-%E7%80%8B%E9%99%BD%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%A9%E5%9C%92_Shenyang_Botanical_Garden%2C_China-_%289240275038%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 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.