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Winter-flowering cherry

Prunus × subhirtella Miq.

Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Prunus

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Winter-flowering cherry: Blossom on Prunus subhirtella en Cultivar 'Pendula', common name - Weeping Higan Cherry.
Photo: Captain-tucker, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (7)
Chinese
大叶早樱
Dutch
Winterbloeiende kers, Edo higan, Higankers
English
Winter-flowering cherry, Edo higan, Higan cherry
French
Cerisier d'hiver
German
Frühlingskirsche, Higan-Kirsche, Winter-Kirsche
Japanese
コヒガン, 小彼岸, コシノヒガン
Persian
پرونوس سابهیرتلا, گیلاس پرونوس سابهیرتلا

Synonyms

  • Cerasus itosakura var. koshiensis (Koidz.) H.Ohba & H.Ikeda
  • Cerasus koshiensis (Koidz.) Masam. & S.Suzuki
  • Cerasus makinoana (Koehne) Kovalev & Kostina
  • Cerasus spachiana var. koshiensis (Koidz.) H.Ohba
  • Cerasus subhirtella (Miq.) Masam. & S.Suzuki
  • Cerasus subhirtella f. autumnalis (Makino) S.Ya.Sokolov
  • Cerasus subhirtella f. koshiensis (Koidz.) T.Katsuki & H.Ikeda
  • Cerasus subhirtella f. tama-clivorum (Oohara, Seriz. & Wakab.) T.Katsuki & H.Ikeda
  • Cerasus tamaclivorum (Oohara, Seriz. & Wakab.) Yonek.
  • Prunus autumnalis (Makino) Koehne
  • Prunus changyangensis (Ingram) Ingram
  • Prunus itosakura var. subhirtella (Miq.) Koidz.
  • Prunus kohigan Koidz.
  • Prunus koshiensis Koidz.
  • Prunus koshiensis var. leucantha Nakai
  • Prunus makinoana Koehne
  • Prunus pendula f. leucantha (Nakai) Honda
  • Prunus pendula var. koshiensis (Koidz.) Ohwi
  • Prunus spachiana var. koshiensis (Koidz.) Kitam.
  • Prunus subhirtella f. autumnalis (Makino) Koehne
  • Prunus subhirtella f. lanceolata Ingram
  • Prunus subhirtella f. oblongifolia Miq.
  • Prunus subhirtella f. ogawana H.Kubota
  • Prunus subhirtella f. omoigawa H.Kubota
  • Prunus subhirtella f. plenorosea Miyoshi
  • Prunus subhirtella f. semperflorens Miyoshi
  • Prunus subhirtella subf. plena Miyoshi
  • Prunus subhirtella subsp. changyangensis Ingram
  • Prunus subhirtella var. autumnalis Makino
  • Prunus subhirtella var. fukubana Makino
  • Prunus subhirtella var. glabra Koidz.
  • Prunus subhirtella var. grandiflora Ingram
  • Prunus subhirtella var. koshiensis (Koidz.) Ohwi
  • Prunus subhirtella var. pleniflora Koidz. ex E.H.Wilson
  • Prunus subhirtella var. stellata Ingram
  • Prunus tama-clivorum Oohara, Seriz. & Wakab.

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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.