Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Prunus alleghaniensis is generally considered difficult to distinguish from P. umbellata other than by distribution, and is lumped there in Flora of North America, per Weakley's Flora (2023)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Prunus umbellata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Prunus umbellata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prunus alleghaniensis
COMMON NAME:
Allegheny Plum, Allegheny Sloe
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_599
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Kevin Caldwell kev_p_allegheniensis1
April Rutherford County NC
Leaves lanceolate to nearly elliptic, and sharply but minutely serrate, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_p_allegheniensis2
April Rutherford County NC
Can easily be confused with Hog Plum (P. umbellata) if fruit isn't visible, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_p_allegheniensis3
April Rutherford County NC
Flowers white and rather small, about ½” across, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Prunus umbellata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Prunus umbellata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prunus alleghaniensis
4387
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Dry rocky woodlands, shale barrens, primarily over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
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 sharply but minutely serrate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Flowers have pedicels.
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark purple
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p147
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p252
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