Prunus pumila

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Prunus pumila
Prunus pumila, South Ste. Marys Island.JPG
Fruit in late July.
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Prunus subg. Prunus
Species:
P. pumila
Binomial name
Prunus pumila
L.
Synonyms [1] [2]
List
  • Prunus besseyi L.H.Bailey
  • Prunus cerasaCrantz
  • Prunus cuneata Raf.
  • Prunus floribunda K. Koch
  • Prunus depressa hort Pursh
  • Prunus prunellaDaniels
  • Prunus rosebudiiReagan
  • Prunus susquehanaehort. ex Willd.
  • Cerasus pumila(L.) Michx.
  • Microcerasus pumila(L.) Eremin & Yushev
  • Cerasus besseyi(L.H.Bailey) Smyth
  • Cerasus depressa(Pursh) Ser.

Prunus pumila, commonly called sand cherry, is a North American species of cherry in the rose family. It is widespread in eastern and central Canada from New Brunswick west to Saskatchewan and the northern United States from Maine to Montana, south as far as Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, and Virginia, with a few isolated populations in Tennessee and Utah. [1] [3] It grows in sandy locations such as shorelines and dunes. [4]

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Prunus pumila is a deciduous shrub that grows to 0.61–1.83 metres (2–6 feet) tall depending on the variety. [5] It forms dense clonal colonies by sprouts from the root system. The leaves are leathery, 4–7 centimetres (1+582+34 inches) long, with a serrated margin. The flowers are 15–25 millimetres (916–1 in) in diameter with five white petals and 25–30 stamens. They are produced in small clusters of two to four. The fruit is a small cherry 13–15 mm (12916 in) in diameter, ripening to dark purple in early summer. [6] [7] [8]

Varieties [9] [8]

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References

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  2. The Plant List, Prunus pumila L.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
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  5. "Susquehana Sand Cherry (Prunus pumila susquehanae)".
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  7. Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN   0-333-47494-5.
  8. 1 2 Flora of North America, Prunus pumila Linnaeus, 1767. Sandcherry, cerisier des sables
  9. United States Department of Agriculture, National Forest Service
  10. Plant Facts, Prunus x cistena - Purpleleaf Sand Cherry (Rosaceae)
  11. Nazareth College, Purpleleaf Sand Cherry Prunus x cistena Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine /
  12. "Purpleleaf Sandcherry (Prunus x cistena) at Connon Nurseries". Connon Nurseries Plant Finder. Retrieved 2020-03-19.