Prunus andersonii A. Gray
Common name: Desert peach.
Family: Rosaceae.
Flowering time: March-April.
Fruiting time: Summer.
Habitat: Found in open scrubs, rocky flats and woodlands.
Range: Found on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada, in the Great Basin Floristic Province, in the Desert Mountains and to western Nevada.
Ecology: Desert peach likes full sun and dry, well-drained soils.
Ethnobotanical information: Cahuilla Indians considered the fruit a great delicacy and a highly prized food source. The fruit was boiled, sweetened with sugar and used to make jelly. The leaves and roots can be used to treat colds and stomach aches.