Prunus apetala
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Prunus apetala' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Synonyms
- Ceraseidos apetala Sieb. & Zucc.
- P. tschonoskii Koehne
Other taxa in genus
- Prunus alleghaniensis
- Prunus americana
- Prunus × amygdalo-persica
- Prunus amygdalus
- Prunus angustifolia
- Prunus arabica
- Prunus argentea
- Prunus armeniaca
- Prunus avium
- Prunus besseyi
- Prunus brigantina
- Prunus campanulata
- Prunus canescens
- Prunus cantabrigiensis
- Prunus cerasifera
- Prunus cerasus
- Prunus cocomilia
- Prunus concinna
- Prunus conradinae
- Prunus consociiflora
- Prunus cornuta
- Prunus cuthbertii
- Prunus dasycarpa
- Prunus davidiana
- Prunus × dawyckensis
- Prunus dielsiana
- Prunus domestica
- Prunus dulcis
- Prunus emarginata
- Prunus × fontanesiana
- Prunus fruticosa
- Prunus glandulosa
- Prunus grayana
- Prunus himalaica
- Prunus hortulana
- Prunus humilis
- Prunus ilicifolia
- Prunus incana
- Prunus incisa
- Prunus jacquemontii
- Prunus kansuensis
- Prunus lannesiana
- Prunus laurocerasus
- Prunus litigiosa
- Prunus lusitanica
- Prunus maackii
- Prunus mahaleb
- Prunus maritima
- Prunus maximowiczii
- Prunus microcarpa
- Prunus mira
- Prunus mugus
- Prunus mume
- Prunus nigra
- Prunus nipponica
- Prunus orthosepala
- Prunus padus
- Prunus pensylvanica
- Prunus persica
- Prunus pilosiuscula
- Prunus prostrata
- Prunus pumila
- Prunus rufa
- Prunus salicina
- Prunus sargentii
- Prunus serotina
- Prunus serrula
- Prunus serrulata
- Prunus sibirica
- Prunus × sieboldii
- Prunus simonii
- Prunus sogdiana
- Prunus speciosa
- Prunus spinosa
- Prunus ssiori
- Prunus subcordata
- Prunus subhirtella
- Prunus takesimensis
- Prunus tangutica
- Prunus tenella
- Prunus tomentosa
- Prunus triloba
- Prunus virginiana
- Prunus × yedoensis
A small deciduous tree or (more often) a bush up to 16 ft high; young shoots hairy, slender. Leaves mostly obovate, with a slender, tail-like apex, tapering and often rounded at the base, conspicuously doubly-toothed, 2 to 4 in. long, 1 to 11⁄2 in. wide, hairy on both sides, especially below; stalk 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 in. long, very hairy. Flowers produced during May singly or in pairs, each on its slender hairy stalk 1⁄2 to 3⁄4 in. long. The small white or pink petals very soon fall, and such little beauty as the flower possesses is in the calyx and stamens, which become purplish red. The calyx-tube is cylindrical, downy, 3⁄8 in. long, the lobes ovate, 1⁄2 in. long. Fruits roundish-oval, black, 3⁄8 in. long, the stalk elongated to 1 or 13⁄8 in.
Native of Japan; introduced by Wilson in 1914. The leaves of this cherry are rather handsome and distinct in the long, tail-like point and in their hairiness. The most marked character of the species, however, is the persistent, coloured calyx and stamen filaments. In the style of the toothing of the leaves it has some resemblance to P. incisa and P. nipponica.