Prunus fasciculata punctata (Prunus fasciculata punctata)
Description
Prunus fasciculata grows up to 2 meters (6 feet) high,exceptionally larger,with horizontally branching (divaricate) branches,that may have a small amount of thorns (spinescent) often in thickets.The bark is grey and without hairs (glabrous). Desert Almond leaves,fruit and flower The leaves are 5–10 mm long,narrow (linear),with a broad,flatten tip that tapers down to a more narrow base,(spatulate,oblanceolate),arranged on very short leaf stem (petiole) like bundles of needles (fascicles).The flowers are small and white with 3-mm petals,occurring either solitary or in fascicles and are without a petal stem (subsessile) growing from the leaf axils.They are dioecious.Male flowers have 10-15 stamens;female,one or more pistils.The plant displays numerous fragrant flowers from March to May,which attract the bees that pollinate it.The drupe is about 1 cm long,ovoid,light brown and pubescent with thin flesh
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Rosales
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Family: Rosaceae
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Genus: Prunus
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