Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Prunus virginiana var. virginiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Prunus at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus virginiana var. virginiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-22-010:
Prunus virginiana FAMILY Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Padus nana
COMMON NAME:
Choke Cherry, Common Chokecherry
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_605
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_pana3_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210407_9294
April Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm210407_9296
April Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
Leaves elliptic to obovate, 6-9cm long, acute to acuminate, glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210407_9298
April Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm210407_9299
April Spartanburg County SC
in cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm0405h_33
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Forming clonal thickets in oak and northern hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora.
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Ron Lance rwl1165_a
May
Flowers in racemes in leaf axils. Leaf blades elliptical to obovate, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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JK Marlow s160827_prunusvirg
August Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain
Leaves finely and sharply toothed; petiole often glandular, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Prunus virginiana var. virginiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus virginiana var. virginiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 097-22-010:
Prunus virginiana
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Padus nana
1165
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Forming clonal thickets in oak and northern hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Red
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p198
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p074
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p296
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p314
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p297
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p39
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p257