Burke: Prunus persica vs. Prunus armeniaca

	Prunus persica	Prunus armeniaca
	peach	apricot

	Prunus persica	Prunus armeniaca
Flowering time	April-June	March-May
Habitat	Thickets, shores, and disturbed ground.	Sagebrush desert, ledges, gravel or clay slopes, thickets, and shorelines
Distribution	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]	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]
Origin	Introduced from eastern Asia	Introduced from China
Conservation status	Not of concern	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	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	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
Web links	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	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

Prunus armeniaca

peach

apricot

Prunus armeniaca

Flowering time

April-June

March-May

Habitat

Thickets, shores, and disturbed ground.

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

Distribution

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]

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]

Origin

Introduced from eastern Asia

Introduced from China

Conservation status

Not of concern

Sibling taxa