Prunus caroliniana
| Herbarium |
Rhodes College Herbarium (SWMT)
Herbarium's Specimen Details Page |
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| Family Name | Rosaceae |
| Currently Accepted Name | Prunus caroliniana Aiton |
| Herbarium Name Used | Prunus caroliniana |
| Locality | United States. Tennessee, Shelby: Memphis, Overton Park, rear center of park next to dog park |
| Description | An evergreen, ornamental and large hedge plant in southeastern North America, often escaping from cultivation. Carolina laurel cherry is a dense shrub or small tree, 15-36 ft. tall, with a pyramidal to oval outline. Leaves are firm, smooth, evergreen, narrowly elliptic, tapered to a pointed tip and equally tapered to the base. Margins are smooth on reproductive trees, with narrow, pointed teeth on saplings and root sprouts. Upper surface is dark green and shiny, the lower surface lighter and duller. Flowers are white to cream, about 3/16 inch wide, in showy elongate clusters among the leaves, opening from February to April. Fruit is fleshy, but with a thin pulp, black, 1/2 inch long by 3/8 inch wide, egg shaped with a small tip, and persistent through winter. |
| Habitat | An evergreen, ornamental and large hedge plant in southeastern North America, often escaping from cultivation. Carolina laurel cherry is a dense shrub or small tree, 15-36 ft. tall, with a pyramidal to oval outline. Leaves are firm, smooth, evergreen, narrowly elliptic, tapered to a pointed tip and equally tapered to the base. Margins are smooth on reproductive trees, with narrow, pointed teeth on saplings and root sprouts. Upper surface is dark green and shiny, the lower surface lighter and duller. Flowers are white to cream, about 3/16 inch wide, in showy elongate clusters among the leaves, opening from February to April. Fruit is fleshy, but with a thin pulp, black, 1/2 inch long by 3/8 inch wide, egg shaped with a small tip, and persistent through winter. |
| Reproductive State | |
| Specimen Notes | |
| Collector | A. DeGenova 18 |
| Collection Date | 24 February 2013 |
| Accession Number | SWMT05097 |
| Plant Atlas Link | Plant Atlas Citation |