Burke: Prunus armeniaca vs. Prunus persica

	Prunus armeniaca	Prunus persica
	apricot	peach

	Prunus armeniaca	Prunus persica
Flowering time	March-May	April-June
Habitat	Sagebrush desert, ledges, gravel or clay slopes, thickets, and shorelines	Thickets, shores, and disturbed ground.
Distribution	Occurring in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, and in scattered areas eastward to the Atlantic Coast. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to California, east to Idaho; also in eastern North America. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Introduced from China	Introduced from eastern Asia
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	P. americana, P. avium, P. cerasifera, P. cerasus, P. domestica, P. dulcis, P. emarginata, P. laurocerasus, P. lusitanica, P. mahaleb, P. padus, P. persica, P. ×pugetensis, P. spinosa, P. tomentosa, P. virginiana, P. yedoensis	P. americana, P. armeniaca, P. avium, P. cerasifera, P. cerasus, P. domestica, P. dulcis, P. emarginata, P. laurocerasus, P. lusitanica, P. mahaleb, P. padus, P. ×pugetensis, P. spinosa, P. tomentosa, P. virginiana, P. yedoensis
Web links	Local floras: BC, OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Prunus persica

apricot

peach

Prunus persica

Flowering time

March-May

April-June

Habitat

Sagebrush desert, ledges, gravel or clay slopes, thickets, and shorelines

Thickets, shores, and disturbed ground.

Distribution

Occurring in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains, and in scattered areas eastward to the Atlantic Coast.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Occurring in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to California, east to Idaho; also in eastern North America.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Introduced from China

Introduced from eastern Asia

Conservation status

Not of concern

Sibling taxa