Prunus sibirica, called
Siberian apricot , is a species of shrub or small tree native to eastern China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and eastern Siberia. It is in the genus
Prunus in the rose family,
Rosaceae, one of several species whose fruit are called
apricot, although this species is rarely cultivated for its fruit. The species was named by
Carl Linnaeus in 1753.