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Rosaceae

Mountain cherry

Prunus prostrata Labill.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Prunus

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Mountain cherry: Prunus prostrata Monte San Petrone, Corse, France
Photo: User:Tigerente, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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

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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.