''Prunus pedunculata'' is a species of ''

Prunus ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and the p ...

'' known in China as longpeduncled almond (长梗扁桃). It is native to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

(particularly the

Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...

and nearby sections of

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

. A small bush, reaching 1-2m, its pink flowers allow it to be used as an ornamental. Adapted to cold, arid environments, its manystemmed growth habit fixes blowing sand, an important contribution to succession. As ''Amygdalus pedunculatus'' Pall., it seems to be being evaluated for its seed oil potential.

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* {{Taxonbar, from1=Q3408646, from2=Q15532669, from3=Q50826941 pedunculata Garden plants Flora of Siberia Flora of Mongolia Flora of China Plants described in 1883