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 cerasifera   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus cerasifera   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Prunus cerasifera

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

Prunus cerasifera

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

Prunus cerasifera

 

COMMON NAME:
Cherry Plum, Flowering Plum, Purpleleaf Plum


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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus cerasifera   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4979

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Asia

Waif(s)

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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

Flowers usually solitary, sometimes 2

FRUIT:
Summer
Purple-red to yellow
Drupe

 

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