Prunus minutiflora: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
- Species
- Prunus minutiflora
- Scientific Name
- Prunus minutiflora
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Prunus minutiflora
Prunus minutiflora, called the Texas almond, is a shrub native to Texas and northern Mexico.
'Minutiflora' means "minute flower" as the flowers of this shrub are very tiny, with petals being only 2 millimetres (1⁄16 inch) long. It has small flowers and dark brown/black to pinkish-red fruits that are only about 1.3 centimetres (1⁄2 in) in diameter. The shrubs grow up to 0.91 metres (3 feet) tall in thickets. It is dioecious, having male and female flowers on separate plants, which is rare for Prunus. It mainly grows in limestone soils. Seeds are fed upon by the larvae of the weevil Coccotorus pruniphilus, while the leaves are believed to be a host plant for larvae of the moth Ursia furtiva.
...Prunus minutiflora in languages:
- English
- Texas almond
- English
- smallflower peachbrush
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