''Prunus'' × ''subhirtella'', the winter-flowering cherry, spring cherry, or rosebud cherry, is the scientific name for the hybrid between ''

Prunus itosakura ''Prunus itosakura'', ''Prunus subhirtella'' or ''Edo higan'', is the scientific name for one of the wild species of cherry trees native to Japan,

'' and ''

Prunus incisa ''Prunus incisa'', the Fuji cherry, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, which gets its scientific name from the deep incisions on the leaves. It is an endemic species in Japan and grows wild in Kantō, Chūbu and Kinki regio ...

''.Taxon: ''Prunus itosakura'' Siebold.
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. It is a small

deciduous In the fields of horticulture and Botany, the term ''deciduous'' () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, aft ...

flowering tree originating in

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, but unknown in the wild.

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* * {{Taxonbar, from1=Q163070, from2=Q51117378 Hybrid prunus Cherry blossom subhirtella