Rosaceae
Chickasaw plum
Prunus angustifolia
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 狭叶李, 狹葉李
- English
- Chickasaw plum
- French
- Prunier des Chickasaw
Synonyms
- Cerasus chicasa (Michx.) Ser.
- Prunus angustifolia subsp. varians W.Wight & Hedrick
- Prunus angustifolia var. angustifolia
- Prunus angustifolia var. varians (W.Wight & Hedrick) C.K.Schneid.
- Prunus angustifolia var. watsonii (Sarg.) Waugh
- Prunus angustifolia var. watsonii (Sarg.) L.H.Bailey
- Prunus chicasa Michx.
- Prunus chicasa var. normalis Torr. & A.Gray
- Prunus rugosa Rydb.
- Prunus stenophylla Raf.
- Prunus watsonii Sarg.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.