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 maritima   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus maritima   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Prunus maritima

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

Prunus maritima

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Prunus maritima var. gravesii

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Prunus maritima var. maritima

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Prunus gravesii

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Prunus maritima

 

COMMON NAME:
Beach Plum


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image of Prunus maritima, Beach Plum

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_prma2_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus maritima   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prunus maritima var. gravesii

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prunus maritima var. maritima

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prunus gravesii

INCLUDING Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prunus maritima

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4916

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Ocean dunes and sandy coastal soils (from e. MD northward), disturbed dune-like area on shore of Chesapeake Bay (in e. VA), per Weakley's Flora

Native: north of the Carolinas

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with spinose spur shoots

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

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

Inflorescences of 2-4 flowers

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Usually purplish-black
Drupe

 

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