Texas Wildbuds
Prunus angustifolia
(Chickasaw Plum)
Prunus angustifolia, Lake Arrowhead State Park, Clay Co. 5405
Prunus angustifolia, Lake Arrowhead State Park, Clay Co. 5429
Prunus angustifolia, Lake Arrowhead State Park, Clay Co. 5397
Prunus angustifolia, Lake Arrowhead State Park, Clay Co. 5429
Prunus angustifolia, Lake Arrowhead State Park, Clay Co. 5435
Prunus angustifolia, Lake Arrowhead State Park, Clay Co. 6399
Prunus angustifolia, Lake Arrowhead State Park, Clay Co. 6403
| Scientific Name | Prunus angustifolia | USDA PLANTS Symbol | PRAN3 |
| Common Name | Chickasaw Plum | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 24768 |
| Family | Rosaceae (Rose) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Sandy soil in thickets, open woods, fence rows, pastures and roadsides. Plant: Much-branched, twiggy, thicket-forming shrub which freely suckers to form large colonies; 3-/2 to 16 ft tall; slender, zig-zag, reddish-brown branchlets, sometimes thorny. Leaves: Deciduous, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, trough-shaped blades, 5/8 to 2-3/8 inches long and 1/3 to 3/4-inch wide; on short petioles less than ~1/2-inch long; tips are acute to short-acuminate; margins are crenulate-serrulate, with blunt, glandular teeth; upper surfaces usually smooth and shiny, pale underneath. Inflorescence: Clusters of 2 to 4 flowers along branchlets blooming before or at the same time that leaves emerge; each flower about 1/2-inch across, 5 white petals, protruding stamens with reddish orange anthers. Bloom Period: February to April. Fruit: Bright yellow to red drupes, round to oval, 1/3 to 1/2 inch in diameter with juicy, edible flesh, April to August. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Shinners & Mahler’s Flora of North Central Texas" by Diggs, Lipscomb and O’Kennon, Virginia Tech Dendrology and Flora of North America. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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