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|authority = <small>([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pall.]]) Batsch</small>
|authority = <small>([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pall.]]) Batsch</small>

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Prunus incana
One of the Prunus incana plants
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Prunus subg. Cerasus
Species:
P. incana
Binomial name
Prunus incana
(Pall.) Batsch

Prunus incana, the willow leaf cherry (and hoary cherry, although that name is also used for Prunus canescens), is a species of sour cherry native to the Caucasus region of central Asia, including Russia, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey and possibly Iran. A scrubby plant, it tends to grow on limestone cliffs at elevations around 360-2400 m.[1]

Uses

Prunus incana is used as a rootstock for peach, Prunus persica.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Pfaf Plant Search".
  2. ^ Reighard, Gregory L. (October–December 2000). "Peach Rootstocks for the United States: Are Foreign Rootstocks the Answer?". HortTechnology. 10 (4): 714–718. doi:10.21273/HORTTECH.10.4.714.