Pronunciation: PROO-nus an-der-SEW-nee-eye
Common name: Desert peach
Family: Rosaceae (Rose)
Habitat: Dry slopes and mesas, 3500'-6500', yellow
pine forest, sagebrush scrub, northern desert mts,
Kern Co. to east slope of Sierras
Blooming period: March to April
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Prunus
2) andersonii