Family: Rosaceae
Bessey's cherry, Bessey's sand cherry, sand cherry, western sand cherry
from USDA Plants website
Etymology: Prunus: ancient Latin name for the plum
Plants: perennial shrub
Conservation Status: Native
Plants: perennial shrub
Conservation Status: Native
- low or midsized shrubs (< 1.7 m)
- branches lacking spines
- flowers white, in sessile umbels of 1-3 flowers
- petals 3-6 mm long
- twigs glabrous
- leaf tips usually acute
- fruit 8-12 mm, purplish-black to black
Atlas of the Wisconsin Prairie and Savanna Flora: by T.S. Cochrane & H.H. Iltis: habitat, distribution infomation / flowering and fruiting times USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos
