''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 long. It has small flowers and dark brown/black to pinkish-red fruits that are only about in diameter. The shrubs grow up to tall in thickets. It is
dioecious
Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...
, having male and female flowers on separate plants, which is rare for ''Prunus''. It mainly grows in limestone soils.
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Flora of Mexico
Flora of Texas
Plants described in 1850
minutiflora
Dioecious plants
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN