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Hortulan or wild goose plum, Hortulan plum

Yoshino cherry

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

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
from FNA
AR; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MI; MO; NE; OH; OK; TN; VA; WV
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from FNA
CA; DC; WA; e Asia (Japan) [Introduced in North America]
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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
Sibling taxa
P. americana, P. andersonii, P. angustifolia, P. armeniaca, P. avium, P. caroliniana, P. cerasifera, P. cerasus, P. domestica, P. dulcis, P. emarginata, P. eremophila, P. fasciculata, P. fremontii, P. geniculata, P. glandulosa, P. gracilis, P. havardii, P. ilicifolia, P. laurocerasus, P. lusitanica, P. mahaleb, P. maritima, P. mexicana, P. minutiflora, P. murrayana, P. myrtifolia, P. nigra, P. padus, P. pensylvanica, P. persica, P. pumila, P. rivularis, P. serotina, P. speciosa, P. spinosa, P. subcordata, P. subhirtella, P. texana, P. tomentosa, P. umbellata, P. virginiana, P. yedoensis
P. americana, P. andersonii, P. angustifolia, P. armeniaca, P. avium, P. caroliniana, P. cerasifera, P. cerasus, P. domestica, P. dulcis, P. emarginata, P. eremophila, P. fasciculata, P. fremontii, P. geniculata, P. glandulosa, P. gracilis, P. havardii, P. hortulana, P. ilicifolia, P. laurocerasus, P. lusitanica, P. mahaleb, P. maritima, P. mexicana, P. minutiflora, P. murrayana, P. myrtifolia, P. nigra, P. padus, P. pensylvanica, P. persica, P. pumila, P. rivularis, P. serotina, P. speciosa, P. spinosa, P. subcordata, P. subhirtella, P. texana, P. tomentosa, P. umbellata, P. virginiana
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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