Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prunus hortulana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus hortulana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Prunus hortulana
COMMON NAME:
Hortulan Plum, Wild-goose Plum
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_600
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_prho_001_lvd
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Ron Lance rwl_prunushortulana
September
In cultivation
Leaves with a gland on the tip of each tooth. Fruit 2-3cm across, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prunus hortulana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus hortulana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Prunus hortulana
2929
Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Prairies, stream banks, woodland edges, pond margins, roadsides, old fields, pastures, successional forests, fencerows, and other disturbed areas, 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
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p301
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p254
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