Burke: Prunus persica vs. Prunus laurocerasus

	Prunus persica	Prunus laurocerasus
	peach	laurel cherry, cherry-laurel
Habit		Tall, evergreen shrub with green twigs and alternate leaves.
Leaves		Leaves leathery, large, up to 20 cm. long and 6 cm. broad, oval and pointed
Flowers		Inflorescence a many-flowered, erect, loose raceme; flowers white, about 1 cm. wide; stamens 20-30; pistil 1.
Fruits		Drupe purple-black.

	Prunus persica	Prunus laurocerasus
Flowering time	April-June	April-June
Habitat	Thickets, shores, and disturbed ground.	Fields, forest edge, roadsides, wastelots, and other disturbed areas.
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 west of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Introduced from eastern Asia	Introduced from Europe
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. armeniaca, P. avium, P. cerasifera, P. cerasus, P. domestica, P. dulcis, P. emarginata, 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 persica

Prunus laurocerasus

peach

laurel cherry, cherry-laurel

Habit

Tall, evergreen shrub with green twigs and alternate leaves.

Leaves

Leaves leathery, large, up to 20 cm. long and 6 cm. broad, oval and pointed

Flowers

Inflorescence a many-flowered, erect, loose raceme;

flowers white, about 1 cm. wide;

stamens 20-30;

pistil 1.

Fruits

Drupe purple-black.

Prunus persica

Prunus laurocerasus

Flowering time

April-June

Habitat

Thickets, shores, and disturbed ground.

Fields, forest edge, roadsides, wastelots, and other disturbed areas.

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]