| Prunus apetala,
a deciduous shrub to small tree with grayish-brown barks,
inhabits limestone areas in hilly districts, having many divaricate
hairs on fresh branches. Leaves are alternate, 5-8cm in length,
ovate to ovate-like oblong; leaf tips are long in a tail way to
become pointed, bases circular to truncate, and left and right
uneven. Flowers come on previous year branches before leaves
develop, or at the same time - the flowers, white or light red,
emerge from axils and blossom downwards in an umbel way. Bloom time:
March-April. |
Wild plants in and around Shimane
島根とその周辺の野生植物
