Flower of a sand cherry bush

''Prunus pumila'', commonly called sand cherry with eastern, western, Great Lakes and Susquehana varieties, is a species of ''Prunus'' native to eastern and central North America, from New Brunswick west to Ontario and Montana, south to North Carolina, and southwest to Arkansas.

It is a deciduous small shrub that grows to 10–40 cm tall, forming dense clonal colonies by sprouts from the root system. The leaves are leathery, 4–7 centimetres long, with a serrated margin. The flowers.. more