sentences:  The name "Prunus prostrata" was assigned by Jacques Labillardière, the French botanist, in "Icones plantarum Syriae rariorum", published on his return from a plant-hunting expedition to the Middle East.Prostrata means "lying on the ground", referring to the plant's ground-hugging propensity, a mechanical necessity at high altitude.A prostrate branch bends back to the ground.