Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prunus munsoniana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Read more about Munson Plum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus munsoniana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Prunus rivularis
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Prunus rivularis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prunus munsoniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Prunus munsoniana
COMMON NAME:
Munson Plum, Wild-goose Plum
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_601
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prunus munsoniana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus munsoniana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Prunus rivularis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Prunus rivularis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prunus munsoniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Prunus munsoniana
4739
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Prairies, stream banks, woodland edges, pond margins, roadsides, old fields, pastures, old homesites, per Weakley's Flora
Native west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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
Margins slightly serrate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Red
Drupe
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