Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.

Read more about Peach at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus persica   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)

Prunus persica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-22-001:

Prunus persica   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Amygdalus persica

COMMON NAME:
Peach

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JK Marlow    jkm0303u_13

March    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Commonly cultivated, commonly escaped or persistent, per Weakley's Flora.

JK Marlow    jkm200310_3109

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Sepals spreading, 3.5-5mm, abaxial surface hairy. Petals dark pink, 10-17mm, per Flora of North America.

JK Marlow    jkm200310_3111

March    Spartanburg County    SC

Flowers appear before the leaves, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

JK Marlow    jkm0404x_24

April    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

A volunteer peach tree from someone's leftover picnic.

JK Marlow    jkm120424_480

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Leaf apex acute to acuminate, margin crenate, base cuneate or rounded, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prunus persica   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus persica   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Prunus persica

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-22-001:
Prunus persica   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Amygdalus persica