Prunus verrucosa Franch.

A shrub. It has many stems. It grows 1.5-2 m tall. The older branches are knotty and brownish-grey. Young shoots are more yellow. The leaves are broadly sword shaped and 15-20 mm long by 6-8 mm wide. They have sharp teeth. The flower groups are dense and pink. There are 3-8 flowers on spurs. The fruit is fleshy with a stone inside It is dark red and 7-9 mm long

Stony and pebbly-stony mountain slopes, amidst rocks and large rock streams, rarely on fine-earth slopes, in middle mountain zone amidst xerophytic, arboreal-shrub thickets.

The fruit are eaten fresh.

Plants are grown from seed.