Although plants are not highly productive, the foliage is moderately palatable. Livestock consume the foliage primarily in the spring and immediately after rainy periods. Desert peach appears to be an excellent candidate for use in rehabilitation projects within its range. Currently, the rearing of containerized stock is the most effective means of propagating desert peach. Desert peach is a native, deciduous, spreading, low shrub.
Branches are short, rigid, and sometimes spinescent.
The fruit is 10 to 18 mm long, covered with a dark brown tumentulose, and generally resembles a small, fuzzy peach. A thin, dryish pulp surrounds a roughened stone. Little detailed information is available concerning reproductive strategies in desert peach. Vegetative regeneration is apparently the primary mode of reproduction. This species is clonal and often forms expansive, dense thickets that may represent one individual.