ROSACEAE - - Rose Family

Prunus angustifolia Marshall — Chickasaw Plum

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{Prunus angustifolia}
Flowers - photo courtesy Jim Drake

{Prunus angustifolia}
Leaf - photo courtesy Jim Drake


{Prunus angustifolia}
Leaf Margin teeth gland - photo courtesy Jim Drake

{Prunus angustifolia}
Leaves


{Prunus angustifolia}
Fruit (Red) - photo courtesy Jim Drake

{Prunus angustifolia}
Fruit (Yellow) - photo courtesy Jim Drake


{Prunus angustifolia}
Fruit - photo courtesy Jim Drake

{Prunus angustifolia}
Plum Patch - photo courtesy Jim Drake


Chickasaw Plum (Prunus angustifolia) - Tree to 3 m. tall or less, or a shrub, the young twigs reddish-brown; leaf-blades lanceolate to oval-lanceolate, 2—5 cm. long, usually acute, shining above, sparingly pubescent beneath or glabrous, narrowed or rarely rounded at the base; flowers 2—4 together; sepals ovate, obtuse, glabrous without, ciliate, eglandular; petals about 4 mm. long, abruptly clawed; drupe subglobose, 13—23 mm. in diameter, red to yellow; stone oval, obovoid, or elliptic, 1—1.5 cm. long.

Habitat:

Roadsides, fencerows, abandoned fields, especially sandy. The original native distribution is unclear; much of its eastern distribution may be the result of early spread by native Americans.

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


Distribution

The range of Prunus angustifolia

The range of Prunus angustifolia (Chickasaw 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 range of Prunus angustifolia

The Georgia range of Prunus angustifolia (Chickasaw 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/.



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