ROSACEAE - - Rose Family

Prunus hortulana L.H. Bailey — Wild-goose Plum

Wild-goose Plum (Prunus hortulana) - Tree becoming 9 m. tall, the young twigs dark reddish-brown; leaf-blades elliptic-obovate to elliptic-oval, 7.5—11 cm. long, decidedly acuminate, somewhat lustrous above, pubescent, often sparingly so beneath, rather abruptly rounded at the base; umbels 2—5 flowered; sepals elliptic-ovate, mostly obtuse, glabrous or obscurely pubescent, glandular on the margin; petals 6—8 mm. long, abruptly clawed; drupe globose or slightly ellipsoid, 18—25 mm. in diameter, red to yellow, sometimes with a thin bloom; stone mostly oval or ellipsoid, 11—17 mm. long.

Habitat:

Successional forests, old fields, fencerows, other disturbed areas.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Prunus hortulana (Wild-goose Plum)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Prunus hortulana (Wild-goose Plum)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.