Prunus fasciculata |
Prunus mahaleb |
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mahaleb cherry, perfumed cherry |
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Habit | Spreading tree to 10 m. tall, the twigs pubescent, the bark grayish-red. | |
Leaves | Leaves alternate, deciduous, the petioles puberulent, 8-15 mm. long, the blades oval to broadly elliptic-ovate, 2-5 cm. long, abruptly acute, with fine, rounded, gland-tipped teeth, glabrous and pale green. |
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Flowers | Flowers 4-12 in short, leafy-bracteate racemes, the pedicels up to 2 cm. long; calyx greenish-white, the 5 lobes entire, oblong-lanceolate, 3 mm. long, equal to the tube; petals 5, white, oblanceolate, 7-9 mm. long; stamens about 20; pistil 1, simple. |
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Fruits | Drupe ovate, 6-8 mm. long, nearly black. |
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Prunus fasciculata |
Prunus mahaleb |
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Flowering time | May - June | |
Distribution | Ocurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Montana, Idaho, Utah, and also in the eastern United States.
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Origin | Introduced from Eurasia | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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