OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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   Go to FSUS key



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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image of Prunus munsoniana, Munson Plum, Wild-goose Plum

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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

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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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