Rosaceae
Chokecherry
Prunus virginiana
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Prunus
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Common names
By language (31)
- Arabic
- كرز الطيور
- arz
- برونوس فيرجينيانا
- Azerbaijani
- Virciniya meşəgilası
- Belarusian
- Чаромха віргінская
- Catalan
- Cirerer de Virgínia, Cirera de Virgínia
- Chinese
- 北美稠李
- chy
- Menôtse
- Croatian
- Virginijska borovnica
- Czech
- Střemcha viržinská
- English
- Chokecherry, Bitterberry, Black chokecherry, Virginia bird cherry, Western chokecherry
- Finnish
- Virginiantuomi
- French
- Cerisier de Virginie
- German
- Virginische Traubenkirsche, Virginia-Traubenkirsche
- hsb
- Virginska kitkata wišnja
- Icelandic
- Virginíuheggur
- koi
- Виргинияись льӧм
- Lithuanian
- Virgininė ieva
- nah
- Tlaōlcapolcuahuitl
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Virginiahegg
- nv
- Kʼįįshzhíní
- oj
- Asasawemin
- Persian
- گیلاس گلوگیر
- Polish
- Czeremcha wirginijska
- Quechua
- Kapuli, Capuli, Capulí, Kapulli
- Russian
- Черёмуха виргинская, Виргинская черёмуха, Вирджинская черёмуха, Черёмуха вирджинская
- Serbian (Latin)
- Virginijska borovnica
- Slovenian
- Virginska sliva
- Spanish
- Capulin, Cerezo de Virginia
- Swedish
- Virginiahägg
- udm
- Виргиниысь льӧмпу
- Ukrainian
- Черемха вірґінська
Synonyms
- Cerasus virginiana (L.) Michx.
- Cerasus virginica (Michx.) hort.
- Padus virginiana (L.) Mill.
- Padus virginiana (L.) M.Roem.
- Prunus serotina Poir.
Flowers
- In flower
- May (from 3,085 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Toxicity: Severe, 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
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gelmaraghy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kieran Hanrahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gelmaraghy, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maxime Laterreur, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thompson Hyggen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: oksanaetal, CC BY 4.0, 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.