Rosaceae
Sandcherry
Prunus pumila
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (13)
- arz
- البرقوق بوميلا
- Azerbaijani
- Bessey albalısı
- Bulgarian
- Пигмейска слива
- Chinese
- 沙樱桃, 沙櫻桃
- chy
- Môxôhe'êstámenôtse
- Czech
- Višeň písečná
- Dutch
- Zandkers
- English
- Sandcherry, Sand cherry
- Finnish
- Hietakirsikka
- German
- Sand-Kirsche
- Persian
- پرونوس پومیلا
- Russian
- Слива карликовая
- Swedish
- Sandkörsbär
Synonyms
- Cerasus pumila (L.) Michx.
- Microcerasus pumila (L.) Eremin & Yushev
- Prunus pumila var. typica Groh & H.Senn
- Prunus pumila var. typica C.K.Schneid.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 332 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Erica Barkley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dan Riley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Erica Barkley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Евгения, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Canada, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: David Johnson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: arceuspogany, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: cwarneke, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Superior National Forest, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: BH Mundt, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.