Vasilis Teodoridis:
Rosaceae | Cerasus
17. Cerasus clarofolia (C. K. Schneider) T. T. Yü & C. L. Li; Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 38: 54. 1986.
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Prunus clarofolia C. K. Schneider; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 1: 67. 1905; P. pilosiuscula (C. K. Schneider) Koehne; P. pilosiuscula var. media Koehne; P. pilosiuscula var. subvestita Koehne; P. tatsienensis Batalin var. pilosiuscula C. K. Schneider; P. venusta Koehne.
Shrubs or small trees; 2.5–20 m tall. Bark grayish black. Branchlets grayish brown; young branchlets purple or green; glabrous or ± pilose. Winter buds ovoid; glabrous. Stipules lanceolate; margin gland-tipped fimbriate. Petiole 8–10 mm; glabrous or pilose; leaf blade ovate; ovate-elliptic; or obovate-elliptic; 3–6 x 2–4 cm; abaxially pale green and glabrous or pilose; adaxially green and sparsely pubescent or glabrous; base rounded; margin acuminately serrate or biserrate; teeth with a minute to inconspicuous apical gland; secondary veins 7–12 on either side of midvein. Inflorescences umbellate or subumbellate; 2–4-flowered; involucral bracts brown; spatulate; ca. 8 x 3–4 mm; abaxially glabrous; adaxially pilose; peduncle 4–10 mm; glabrous or pilose; bracts green; subovate; ovate-oblong; or suborbicular; 2–5 mm in diam.; persistent in fruit; margin serrate; teeth with a conical to capitate apical gland. Flowers opening at same time as leaves. Pedicel 1–2 cm; glabrous or sparsely pilose. Hypanthium campanulate; outside glabrous or nearly so. Sepals ovate-triangular to lanceolate-triangular; margin glandular serrate or entire; apex acute to acuminate. Petals white or pink; obovate to suborbicular. Stamens 20–30. Style ± as long as stamens; basally pilose; stigma capitate. Drupe red; ellipsoid; 7–8 x 4–5 mm; endocarp ± sculptured. Fl. Apr–Jun; fr. Jun–Jul.
Forests or thickets on mountain slopes; 800--3600 m. Anhui; S Gansu; Guizhou; Hebei; Henan; Hubei; Hunan; Ningxia; Shaanxi; Shanxi; Sichuan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang.