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'''''Prunus umbellata''''', called '''flatwoods plum''', '''hog plum''' and '''sloe plum''', is a plum species native to the United States from [[Virginia]], south to [[Florida]], and west to [[Texas]].<ref name="grin1">{{GRIN | accessdate=December 28, 2014}}</ref><ref name="ifas">{{cite web|url=http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/st521|title=''Prunus umbellata'': Flatwoods Plum|publisher=University of Florida IFAS Extension|accessdate=December 28, 2014}}</ref>
 
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''Prunus umbellata'' can reach {{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}} in height with a {{convert|15|ft|m|abbr=on}} spread. It has alternate [[serrate]] green leaves that turn yellow in Autumn. Flowers are white, creamy, or grayish. Fruits are round, purple, and {{convert|0.5-1|in|cm|abbr=on}} in diameter.<ref name="ifas" /> ''P. umbellata'' trees can live up to 40 years and are very difficult to distinguish from ''[[Prunus angustifolia]]'', with which it hybridizes easily.<ref name="fnps">{{cite web|url=http://fnpsblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/plum-delicious-and-native-too.html|title=Plum Delicious and Native, Too!|publisher=Florida Native Plant Society|date=July 15, 2011|accessdate=December 28, 2014}}</ref> The trees bloom and bear fruit later than other plums. The fruits mature August-October. Large crops appear only every 3-4 years.<ref name="tamu">{{cite web|url=https://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/natives/prunusumbellata.htm|title=Flatwoods Plum, Black Sloe, Sloe, Hog Plum|publisher=Texas A&M University|accessdate=December 28, 2014}}</ref>
 
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Latest revision as of 19:48, 15 November 2018

Prunus umbellata
Prunus umbellata UGA1120566.jpg
Prunus umbellata bush
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Prunus
Subgenus: Prunus subg. Prunus
Section: Prunus sect. Prunocerasus
Species:
P. umbellata
Binomial name
Prunus umbellata
Synonyms[1]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Prunus umbellata Elliott

Acknowledgements

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