I also came to think of nectarine when I found this: peach (Prunus persica var. persica) has relatively narrow (i.e. lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong) leaves with entire to sharply-toothed (i.e. serrate) margins. Its white, pink or red flowers are almost stalkless (i.e. sessile). Its relatively large fleshy fruit (3-5 cm across) turn yellow to red in colour when mature and are softly velvety hairy (i.e. minutely pubescent).
nectarine (Prunus persica var. nucipersica) has relatively narrow (i.e. lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong) leaves with entire to sharply-toothed (i.e. serrate) margins. Its white, pink or red flowers are almost stalkless (i.e. sessile). Its relatively large fleshy fruit (3-5 cm across) turn yellow to red in colour when mature and are hairless (i.e. glabrous). So updating the common name to include both peach and nectarine would be good.
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