Scientific name: Prunus cerasus L.
Common name: Dwarf Cherry
Description
Habit: A woody, deciduous tree or shrub, to 8 m high, with many suckers.
Leaves: Alternate, stalked, with small stipules, 6-15 cm, undivided, toothed, oval-lanceolate, pointed, hairless, erect when young.
Flowers: White, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, 2-2.5 cm across, on short flowering stalks, in clusters of 2-4 flowers; calyx of 5-toothed, saucer- or cup-shaped, not constricted at the top, not persisting in fruit, sepals bent backwards when flowering; petals 5, free; stamens numerous; carpel 1.
Fruits: A drupe, bright red and bitter, 9-12 mm.
Twigs: Grey.
Bark: Grey, scaly, becoming rough on older trees.
Habitat: Hedges.Distribution: Rare.
Native status: Not native
Of conservation interest: No