Prunus virginiana L.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Rosaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
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Species Description - Tall shrub or small tree to 10 m; lvs thin, oblong to obovate, 5–12 cm, with mostly 8–11 pairs of fairly conspicuous lateral veins, obtuse to acute or abruptly short-acuminate above, obtuse to rounded at base, sharply serrate with slender ascending teeth; racemes terminating leafy twigs of the season, 6–15 cm; pedicels 5–8 mm; sep broadly triangular to semi-circular, 1–1.5 mm, conspicuously glandular-erose, deciduous soon after anthesis; pet white, 4 mm, with subrotund blade; fr dark red or nearly black, 8–10 mm thick, astringent but edible; 2n=12. In a wide variety of habitats, from rocky hills and dunes to borders of swamps; Nf. to B.C., s. to N.C., Tex., and Calif. May, June. Ours is var. virginiana.
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Common Names
choke-cherry