Prunus hortulana |
Prunus yedoensis |
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Hortulan or wild goose plum, Hortulan plum |
Yoshino cherry |
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Habit | Trees, rarely suckering, 40–100 dm, moderately thorny. | Trees, not suckering, 40–80(–160) dm, not thorny. |
Twigs | with axillary end buds, glabrous. |
with terminal end buds, sparsely hairy. |
Leaves | deciduous; petiole 6–20 mm, hairy on adaxial surface, usually glandular distally, glands 1–5; blade narrowly elliptic, lanceolate, oblanceolate, or oblong-obovate, (5–)7–11(–13) × (2–)3–5.5 cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins singly to doubly crenate-serrate, teeth blunt, glandular, glands inconspicuous, blackish, apex long-acuminate, abaxial surface ± hairy along midribs and veins, adaxial glabrous or with hairs along midribs. |
deciduous; petiole 10–20 mm, hairy, sometimes glandular distally, glands 1–2; blade elliptic-ovate to obovate, 5–12 × 2.5–7 cm, base rounded, margins doubly serrate, teeth aristate, glandular, apex acuminate, abaxial surface hairy along midribs and veins, adaxial glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 2–4-flowered, umbellate fascicles. |
2–6-flowered, corymbs; central axes 4–8(–20) mm. |
Pedicels | 8–20 mm, glabrous. |
15–25 mm (subtended by leafy bracts), hairy. |
Flowers | blooming before or at leaf emergence; hypanthium campanulate, 2–3 mm, glabrous externally; sepals erect to reflexed, ovate, 1.5–3 mm, margins glandular-toothed, abaxial surface glabrous or sparsely hairy, adaxial densely hairy at bases; petals white, obovate, 4–9 mm; ovaries glabrous. |
blooming before leaf emergence; hypanthium tubular, 7–8 mm, hairy externally; sepals spreading, ovate-lanceolate, 4–5 mm, margins glandular-toothed, abaxial surface hairy, adaxial sparsely hairy; petals white or pink, broadly elliptic to obovate, 13–15 mm; ovaries glabrous. |
Drupes | red to yellowish with white dots, not or only slightly glaucous, globose, 20–30(–40) mm, glabrous; mesocarps fleshy; stones ovoid-ellipsoid, ± flattened. |
black, subglobose, 7–12 mm, glabrous; mesocarps fleshy; stones ellipsoid, not flattened. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16 (Japan). |
Prunus hortulana |
Prunus yedoensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Aug–Sep. | Flowering Mar–Apr; fruiting May. |
Habitat | Roadside thickets, flood plains, open woodlands | Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites |
Elevation | 50–500 m (200–1600 ft) | 0–200 m (0–700 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MI; MO; NE; OH; OK; TN; VA; WV
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CA; DC; WA; e Asia (Japan) [Introduced in North America] |
Source | FNA vol. 9, p. 382. | FNA vol. 9, p. 369. |
Parent taxa | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Amygdaleae > Prunus | Rosaceae > subfam. Amygdaloideae > tribe Amygdaleae > Prunus |
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Synonyms | P. hortulana var. mineri | |
Name authority | L. H. Bailey: Gard. & Forest 5: 90. (1892) | Matsumura: Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15: 100. (1901) |
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