Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Prunus pumila var. depressa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus pumila var. depressa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Prunus pumila var. depressa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
Prunus pumila var. depressa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prunus pumila var. depressa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Prunus depressa
COMMON NAME:
Prostrate Dwarf-cherry, Prostrate Sand Cherry, New England Sand Cherry
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Prunus pumila var. depressa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Prunus pumila var. depressa
FAMILY
Rosaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Prunus pumila var. depressa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 9
Prunus pumila var. depressa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Prunus pumila var. depressa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Prunus depressa
4907
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly shores and islands, barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Not armed
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Inflorescences of 2-5 flowers
FRUIT:
Summer
Purple-black
Drupe
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