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 virginiana var. virginiana   FAMILY Rosaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus virginiana var. virginiana   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana

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

Prunus virginiana var. virginiana

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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image of Prunus virginiana var. virginiana, Choke Cherry, Common Chokecherry

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_605

        

image of Prunus virginiana var. virginiana, Choke Cherry, Common Chokecherry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_pana3_001_lvd

        

image of Prunus virginiana var. virginiana, Choke Cherry, Common Chokecherry

JK Marlow    jkm210407_9294

April    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Prunus virginiana var. virginiana, Choke Cherry, Common Chokecherry

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).

image of Prunus virginiana var. virginiana, Choke Cherry, Common Chokecherry

JK Marlow    jkm210407_9298

April    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Prunus virginiana var. virginiana, Choke Cherry, Common Chokecherry

JK Marlow    jkm210407_9299

April    Spartanburg County    SC

in cultivation

image of Prunus virginiana var. virginiana, Choke Cherry, Common Chokecherry

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.

image of Prunus virginiana var. virginiana, Choke Cherry, Common Chokecherry

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).

image of Prunus virginiana var. virginiana, Choke Cherry, Common Chokecherry

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 (4/14/23):
Prunus virginiana var. virginiana   FAMILY Rosaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus virginiana var. virginiana   FAMILY Rosaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Prunus virginiana var. virginiana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prunus virginiana var. virginiana

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

 

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1165

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Forming clonal thickets in oak and northern hardwood forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Not armed

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Red
Drupe

 

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