Calflora Taxon Report
Prunus fasciculata  (Torr.) A. Gray
Desert almond, Desert range almond
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2019 Diane Etchison
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2022 Ryan O'Dell
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2019 Ron Vanderhoff
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2023 Jordan Collins
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2018 Cindy Roessler
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2019 Lynn Sweet
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2019 Jane Fawke
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2019 Bonnie Nickel
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2012 Steve Matson
Prunus fasciculata is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Genus: Prunus
Family: Rosaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot
Toxicity: Do not eat the seed, leaf or stem of this plant.

Habitat: slopes

Communities: Coastal Sage Scrub, Creosote Bush Scrub, Chaparral, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Joshua Tree Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO
Alternate Names:
OTHERLycium spencerae
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EthnoHerbalist: There is some archaeological evidence that desert almond seeds were considered a delicacy by the Cahuilla people of the Mojave desert. They pounded the almonds into flour and leached the plant material to make it edible. This leaching would be necessary, as the almonds contain a certain amount of cyanide, a toxic chemical.

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