Prunus americana Marshall

The New York Botanical Garden
Woody Plants of U. S. A.
ROSACEAE Prunus americana Marsh.
Bushy shrubs, in clonal patches, 3-4.5 m. tall; stems
5-10 cm. in diameter; bark dark gray, almost black;
with numerous stiff, sharp spiniform branches.
Nearly the whole shrub in flower; leaves just beginning
to expand. Pedicel green; flowers with musty sweet
fragrance, some of the fragrance persisting on dried
specimens at least until Aug. 27, 1976; hypanthium pink,
sepals green; petals white; filaments mostly white but
pinkish at base; anthers yellow; style pale green.
Common, apparently several clones, along fencerow
between cultivated fields and remnant prairie along rail-
road.
WISCONSIN: Richland Co., 3 miles SE of Richland Center.
T 10 N; R 1 E; NEiNWj sec. 35.	alt. 220 m.
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