Rosaceae
Hollyleaf cherry
Prunus ilicifolia
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- برقوق بهشي الأوراق
- English
- Hollyleaf cherry, Evergreen cherry
Synonyms
- Cerasus ilicifolia Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.
- Lauro-cerasus ilicifolia (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) M.Roem.
- Laurocerasus ilicifolia (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) M.Roem.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. NoahElhardt assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Curtis Clark assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: joedecruyenaere on Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tortie tude, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: State Government Photographer, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jengod, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.