Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Prunus umbellata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prunus alleghaniensis
COMMON NAME:
Allegheny Plum, Allegheny Sloe
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Kevin Caldwell kev_p_allegheniensis1
April Rutherford County NC
Leaves lanceolate to nearly elliptic, and sharply but minutely serrate, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_p_allegheniensis2
April Rutherford County NC
Can easily be confused with Hog Plum (P. umbellata) if fruit isn't visible, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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Kevin Caldwell kev_p_allegheniensis3
April Rutherford County NC
Flowers white and rather small, about ½” across, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Prunus umbellata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Prunus alleghaniensis
4387
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it in dry rocky woodlands, shale barrens, primarily over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Armed with spinose spur shoots
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins sharply but minutely serrate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Flowers have pedicels.
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Dark purple
Drupe
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