OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Prunus caroliniana   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus caroliniana   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Prunus caroliniana

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

Prunus caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Prunus caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-22-012:

Prunus caroliniana   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Laurocerasus caroliniana

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Cherry Laurel, Carolina Laurel Cherry


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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_611

        

image of Prunus caroliniana, Carolina Cherry Laurel, Carolina Laurel Cherry

JK Marlow    jkm0502c_12

February    Richland County    SC

Roadside

image of Prunus caroliniana, Carolina Cherry Laurel, Carolina Laurel Cherry

JK Marlow    jkm0502c_13

February    Richland County    SC

Roadside

image of Prunus caroliniana, Carolina Cherry Laurel, Carolina Laurel Cherry

JK Marlow    jkm0502c_17

February    Richland County    SC

Roadside

Fruit often persisting until spring, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Prunus caroliniana, Carolina Cherry Laurel, Carolina Laurel Cherry

JK Marlow    jkm0502c_19

February    Richland County    SC

Roadside

Leaves evergreen with glossy upper surfaces, aromatic when crushed, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Prunus caroliniana, Carolina Cherry Laurel, Carolina Laurel Cherry

JK Marlow    s050227_t

February    Richland County    SC

Roadside

image of Prunus caroliniana, Carolina Cherry Laurel, Carolina Laurel Cherry

JK Marlow    jkm0303x_01

March    Greenville County    SC

SC Native Plant Society Plant Sale

Flowers appear in early spring, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Prunus caroliniana, Carolina Cherry Laurel, Carolina Laurel Cherry

Keith Bradley    kab_p_caroliniana_2109

March    Lexington County    SC

Flowers minute, borne in short-stalked racemes in leaf axils, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Prunus caroliniana, Carolina Cherry Laurel, Carolina Laurel Cherry

Keith Bradley    kab_p_caroliniana_2147

March    Lexington County    SC

Sepals 1-1.5mm, obtuse; petals 2-3m long; stamens 10, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Prunus caroliniana, Carolina Cherry Laurel, Carolina Laurel Cherry

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_032521atlanta06

March    Fulton County    GA

image of Prunus caroliniana, Carolina Cherry Laurel, Carolina Laurel Cherry

Alan S. Weakley    asw_591735389428906

December    Georgetown County    SC

Fruit a shiny black drupe, oval, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Prunus caroliniana   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus caroliniana   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Prunus caroliniana

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prunus caroliniana

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-22-012:
Prunus caroliniana   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

 

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1160

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: maritime forests and sandy hammocks in the Coastal Plain, escaped from cultivation to fencerows and suburban forests and thickets in more inland areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Not armed

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
10 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Drupe

 

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