Prunus triloba

Prunus triloba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Prunus
Species:	P. triloba
Binomial name
Prunus triloba Lindl.

Prunus triloba sometimes called "flowering almond"^[1] is a shrubby cherry, sometimes becoming a small tree. The flowers are pale pink or white^[1], and the fruit are red and "pubescent", i.e. with soft hair. It originates from China.

It is most often found in cultivation in the double flowered form P. triloba 'Multiplex', which has double pink flowers.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, New York.

Hillier; Manual of Trees and Shrubs.