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 ×yedoensis   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus ×yedoensis [subhirtella × speciosa]   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Prunus ×yedoensis

-

Prunus yedoensis

 

COMMON NAME:
Yoshino Cherry


         To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Prunus ×yedoensis, Yoshino Cherry

JK Marlow    jkm0504c_09

April    Greenville County    SC

Churchyard or cemetery

Slightly fragrant flowers occur in racemes of 4 or more, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Prunus ×yedoensis, Yoshino Cherry

JK Marlow    jkm0504c_10

April    Greenville County    SC

Churchyard or cemetery

The habit is rounded, spreading, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

image of Prunus ×yedoensis, Yoshino Cherry

JK Marlow    jkm0411i_04

November    Greenville County    SC

Churchyard or cemetery

image of Prunus ×yedoensis, Yoshino Cherry

JK Marlow    jkm0411i_05

November    Greenville County    SC

Churchyard or cemetery

image of Prunus ×yedoensis, Yoshino Cherry

JK Marlow    jkm0411i_06

November    Greenville County    SC

Churchyard or cemetery

image of Prunus ×yedoensis, Yoshino Cherry

JK Marlow    s041201_e

December    Greenville County    SC

Churchyard or cemetery

Leaves broadly ovate to obovate, narrowed to a slender point at apex, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Prunus ×yedoensis   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus ×yedoensis [subhirtella × speciosa]   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

-
Prunus yedoensis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1917

Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Not armed

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Black
Drupe

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME: