This deciduous plant belongs to the rose family, Rosaceae, and is found mainly in the central United States.

It is a shrub consisting of slender stems with umbel clusters of white blossoms.

The fruit is a drupe that resembles a large berry; though it has a bitter taste, it serves as a source of food for birds and other wildlife.

The general shape of the leaf ranges between elliptic and ovate and is gauged out to be 5–6 centimeters (2–2+1⁄4 inches) long and 2–3 cm (3⁄4–1+1⁄4 in) wide.

The inflorescence type is considered a raceme, where there are flower spikes from stalks that pawn out from the stem.

The stamen is planted on the base of the hypanthium where the ovary is placed in the superior position.

The pedicel that stems from the fruit is slender and glabrous, measured to be 13–16 mm long.

[4] Prunus rivularis is native to the United States; found in California, Arkansas, southern Illinois, south-eastern Kansas, Kentucky, northern Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, southwestern Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas.

Because of the range of dispersion, the amount of precipitation this plant can experience is anywhere from 610 to 1,220 mm (24 to 48 in) per year.

These substances can form hydrogen cyanide through subsequent reactions in water.

[9] The leaves can be used to produce dyes ranging from green to dark gray.