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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prunus mexicana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Big-tree Plum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus mexicana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Prunus mexicana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Prunus americana var. lanata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Prunus mexicana
COMMON NAME:
Big-tree Plum, Mexican Plum
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_597
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Ron Lance rwl2184_a
September
Fruits purple with a whitish bloom, somewhat larger than American Plum, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prunus mexicana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus mexicana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Prunus mexicana
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Prunus americana var. lanata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Prunus mexicana
2184
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Streamsides, upland forests, fencerows, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia Mountains
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with spinose spur shoots
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Usually white
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red/Rarely yellow
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p290
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p252
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
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