Etymology: Prunus: ancient Latin name for the plum
Plants: perennial tree
Conservation Status: Native

- tall shrub or small tree

- branches lacking spines

- pair of glands at top of petiole (base of blade)

- elongate raceme with 12-20 or more flowers

- leaves obovate to lanceolate, widest at or above the middle, dull above

- margins finely serrate - the teeth narrowly acuminate and ascending to spreading

- sepals lined with 10 or more glands 

- leaves usually glabrous below, if hairs, they are whitish or yellowish and conentrated in the axils of the lateral veins (not restricted to the midvein and rust-colored as in P. serotina)

Floristic Rating: Coefficient of Conservatism = 3, Wetland Indicator = FAC- USDA Plants Database: Federal Distribution and detailed information including photos University of Wisconsin - Green Bay: Shrubs: Photos, descriptions, information University of Wisconsin - Green Bay: Trees: Photos, descriptions, information Virginia Tech Dept. of Forestry, College of Natural Resources: detailed description and photographs Southwest School of Botanical Medicine: Britton & Brown Illustrated Flora - 2nd Edition (1913) "An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada" Landscape Plants of the Upper Midwest; UW-Extension: Interactive guide providing information on cultivation including: soil, zone, growth rate, landscape uses, pruning, light requirements; with photos and Latin name pronounciation