slgwv's photos with the keyword: desert peach

These hard little fruits are what the fragrant pink flowers (left inset) turn into. The source of their common name is obvious, but they're all skin and pit--not much fruit! The right inset shows another view of the fruit, on another plant. Washoe Lake State Park, Nevada.

Prunus andersonii. A local thornbush that flowers spectacularly late April-early May, with a heavy distinctive fragrance. Altho related to peaches, plums, cherries, etc. (also genus Prunus ), it has a tiny and none-too-edible fruit. Washoe Lake State Park Nevada; houses at the edge of New Washoe City are visible in the background.

Prunus andersonii. Native to western Nevada and adjacent California. It _is_ in the same genus as peaches, cherries, and almonds. It is a thornbush whose pink-to-red flowers (seen here) turn into a small fuzzy fruit. It's not particularly edible altho rodents and such eat it. It's obviously impossible to tell from a photo, but the blossoms also have a heavy sweet fragrance.