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



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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image of Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis, Allegheny Plum, Allegheny Sloe

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_599

        

image of Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis, Allegheny Plum, Allegheny Sloe

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.

image of Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis, Allegheny Plum, Allegheny Sloe

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.

image of Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis, Allegheny Plum, Allegheny Sloe

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

 

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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

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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

 

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