Details for: PI 478003, Prunus fruticosa Pall., 'Scarlet'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus fruticosa Pall.
Cultivar:
'Scarlet'
Origin:
Collected – Canada
Received by NPGS:
Mar 1983
PI Assigned:
1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus fruticosa Pall.
Cultivar:
'Scarlet'
Origin:
Collected – Canada
Received by NPGS:
Mar 1983
PI Assigned:
1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Collected
September 1954.
Canada
Comment: Collected by J. McDermond. Potential multiple use conservation plant: shelterbelt, wildlife habitat, ornamental. Cold and drought tolerant. Perennial herb. Cultivated. Seed.
Collector(s):
Donated
March 1983.
North Dakota, United States
Comment: Donated by Bismark Plant Materials Center, Soil Conservation Service, USDA. Received through National Plant Materials Center, SCS, Beltsville, MD.
14 November 1984.
California, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis; 80 seeds received.
Donor(s):
12 February 1993.
Iowa, United States
Comment: Seeds donated to NCGR, Davis
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Scarlet'
Type: Cultivar name

T 6072
Type: Donor identifier
Bismark Pl. Mater. Ctr.
McDermand, J.

DPRU 401
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
Scarlet is a small suckering shrub 120-180 cm in height, with slender glabrous branchlets. The leaves vary from obovate to oblanceolate and lanceolate, and are thick and shiny on the upper surface. It blooms in May, with white flowers in nearly or quite sessile umbels. The small cherry-like fruit ripens in July and is red to purple-red and very tart. They are not heavy fruit producers.
Prunus fruticosa Pall.
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Cerasus
Section:
Cerasus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:

29899
Place of publication:

Fl. ross. 1(1):19, t. 8, fig. B. 1784
Verified:
04/17/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Prunus fruticosa Pall. f. fruticosa

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cerasus fruticosa (Pall.) Woronow

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Prunus cerasus L. var. pumila L.
Prunus chamaecerasus Jacq.
Prunus fruticosa Pall. f. pendula Dippel

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishEuropean dwarf cherry  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
EnglishEuropean ground cherry  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishground cherry  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
EnglishMongolian cherry  1Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
Englishsteppe cherry  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchprunier nain  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
GermanSteppenkirsche  2Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
GermanZwergekirsche  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Portuguese (Brazil)cereja-anã  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedishstäppkörsbär  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesecao yuan ying tao as Cerasus fruticosa2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Cerasus fruticosa (Pall.) Woronow
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Description:
This accession originated from seed collected in 1954 at Agriculture Canada's Research Station in Morden, Manitoba. In 1955 the PMC also received seedlings from the Morden Research Station. Originally from seed of Mongolian cherry, P. fruticosa Pallas, a dwarf, bush-like sour cherry collected in northern Mongolia received from USSR which exhibited wide variation in fruit, foliage and habit.