Rosaceae
Mountain cherry
Prunus prostrata
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- خوخ مفترش
- arz
- خوخ مفترش
- Chinese
- 岩樱桃, 岩櫻桃, 平臥櫻桃
- English
- Mountain cherry, Prostrate cherry
- German
- Niederliegende Kirsche
- Greek
- Χαμοκερασιά
- Hebrew
- דובדבן שרוע
- kab
- Tattefaḥt n yiddawen
- Persian
- آلبالوی خزنده
- Swedish
- Lingonkörsbär
- Turkish
- Dağ kirazı
- zza
- Bewrınc
Synonyms
- Amygdalus prostrata (Labill.) Sweet
- Cerasus griseola Pachom.
- Cerasus humilis Moris
- Cerasus prostrata (Labill.) Loisel.
- Cerasus prostrata var. angustifolia Spach
- Cerasus prostrata var. concolor Buhse & Boiss.
- Cerasus prostrata var. discolor Raulin
- Cerasus prostrata var. glabrifolia (Moris) Browicz
- Cerasus prostrata var. latifolia Spach
- Hagidryas prostrata (Labill.) Griseb.
- Microcerasus prostrata (Labill.) M.Roem.
- Microcerasus prostrata f. griseola (Pachom.) Eremin & Juschev
- Prunus humilis (Moris) Colla
- Prunus prostrata f. concolor (Buhse & Boiss.) Rothm.
- Prunus prostrata f. discolor (Raulin) Rothm.
- Prunus prostrata f. erecta Molero
- Prunus prostrata prol. typica Asch. & Graebn.
- Prunus prostrata subsp. discolor (Raulin) O.Schwarz
- Prunus prostrata var. concolor (Buhse & Boiss.) Lipsky
- Prunus prostrata var. discolor (Raulin) Tocl & Rohlena
- Prunus prostrata var. glabra Hohen.
- Prunus prostrata var. glabrifolia Moris
- Prunus prostrata var. humilis (Moris) Nyman
- Prunus prostrata var. incana Litard. & Maire
- Prunus prostrata var. typica Fiori
- Tubopadus prostratus (Labill.) Pomel
Photos

Photo: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Esin Bozdogangil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: שרה גולד, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Orjen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Frédéric Dupont, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Orjen, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Frédéric Dupont, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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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). About our plant data.