Rosaceae
Beach plum
Prunus maritima
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- خوخ بحري, برقوق بحري
- arz
- خوخ بحرى
- Bulgarian
- Морска слива
- Chinese
- 海滨李, 海濱李, 沙灘李, 沙灘梅, 海岸李, 滨梅, 濱李, 濱梅
- Czech
- Švestkovišeň pomořská, Slivoň pomořská
- English
- Beach plum
- Persian
- پرونوس دریایی
- Russian
- Слива морская
Synonyms
- Cerasus cerasifera Eaton & Wright
- Cerasus littoralis Eaton & Wright
- Cerasus pubescens Ser.
- Cerasus pygmaea Loisel.
- Padus maritima (Marshall) Raf.
- Prunus acuminata Hook.f.
- Prunus acuminata Michx.
- Prunus declinata Marshall
- Prunus gravesii Small
- Prunus littoralis Bigelow
- Prunus maritima f. flava G.S.Torr.
- Prunus maritima f. gravesii (Small) Klooster
- Prunus maritima var. caerulea-magna Pennypacker
- Prunus maritima var. caerulea-parva Pennypacker
- Prunus maritima var. fructuluteo Bean
- Prunus maritima var. gravesii (Small) G.J.Anderson
- Prunus maritima var. lutea-magna Pennypacker
- Prunus maritima var. lutea-parva Pennypacker
- Prunus maritima var. maritima
- Prunus maritima var. praecox Pennypacker
- Prunus maritima var. purpurea-magna Pennypacker
- Prunus maritima var. purpurea-parva Pennypacker
- Prunus maritima var. rubra-magna Pennypacker
- Prunus maritima var. rubra-parva Pennypacker
- Prunus michauxii F.Dietr.
- Prunus poiretiana Heynh.
- Prunus pubescens Pursh
- Prunus pubescens Poir.
- Prunus pubescens unranked lancifolia Clavaud
- Prunus pubigera Steud.
- Prunus pygmaea Willd.
- Prunus reclinata Bosc ex Spach
- Prunus sphaerica Willd.
- Prunus sphaerocarpa Michx.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 1,102 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jacob Malcom, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alison Northup, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Erik Schiff, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Scott Edmunds, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Erin Lalime, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Elizabeth Axley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Kira Novak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Susan Christman Williams, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Schultz, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.