''Prunus lycioides'' ( fa, تنگرس) is a species of wild almond native to Turkey, northern Syria and Iran. It is a very thorny and dense shrub 0.6 to 1.2m tall. Its bark is gray and its flower petals are pink to deep pink, with its sepals and hypanthia deep red to purple. It is morphologically similar to ''

Prunus erioclada ''Prunus erioclada'' is a species of wild almond native to Iran and Afghanistan. It is a thorny shrub 0.2 to 1.2m tall. It is morphologically similar to '' Prunus lycioides'', '' P. spinosissima'', '' P. eburnea'' and '' P. brahuica''. It can be ...

'', '' P. spinosissima'', '' P. eburnea'' and '' P. brahuica''. It can be distinguished from the similar species by its longer, narrower leaves, which are linear, linearlanceolate, or linearoblanceolate, and by subtle characters of its endocarp. Adapted to extremely dry conditions, it is found growing in a wide variety of arid and semiarid habitats, at 450 to 2200m above sea level.

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{{Taxonbar, from1=Q17271747, from2=Q50826938, from3=Q50826944 lycioides Flora of Iran Flora of Syria Flora of Turkey Plants described in 1906 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2019.108973Arak university Mehdi Hashemi