Prunus cerasus

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 1: 474. 1753.

Common names: Sour or pie cherry cerisier acide
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 368. Mentioned on page 357, 360, 369.

Shrubs or trees, suckering, 30–50 (–80) dm, not thorny. Twigs with terminal end buds, glabrous. Leaves deciduous; petiole 10–24 mm, glabrous, usually eglandular, sometimes with discoid marginal glands at bases of blades; blade broadly elliptic to ovate or obovate, 4.4–6 (–8) × 2.8–4 (–6) cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins doubly crenate-serrate, teeth blunt, glandular, apex acute to abruptly acuminate, abaxial surface glabrous or glabrate, adaxial glabrous. Inflorescences 1–4-flowered, umbellate fascicles. Pedicels 8–37 mm, glabrous. Flowers blooming at leaf emergence; hypanthium tubular-campanulate, 4–6 mm, glabrous externally; sepals reflexed, oblong, 4–7 mm, margins regularly glandular-toothed, surfaces glabrous; petals white, suborbiculate, 10–14 mm; ovaries glabrous. Drupes bright red, globose, 13–20 mm, glabrous; mesocarps fleshy; stones subglobose, not flattened. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Roadsides, thickets, woodland borders, abandoned fields
Elevation: 0–1000 m

Distribution

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Introduced; B.C., N.B., N.S., Ont., P.E.I., Que., Alaska, Calif., Conn., Del., D.C., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Mo., Mont., Nebr., N.H., N.J., N.Mex., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Eurasia

Discussion

Cultivars of Prunus cerasus with doubled flowers are used as landscape ornamentals. Most of the commercial sour cherry crop in North America comes from Michigan. Unlike sweet cherry, all widely grown varieties of sour cherry are self-fertile. Bud scales at the bases of the pedicels on flowering and immature fruiting specimens of P. cerasus often have leaflike apices and the inner scales are erect; in P. avium the scales are not leaflike and the inner ones are reflexed or spreading.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

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glabrate +  and glabrous +
acute;abruptly acuminate +
Joseph R. Rohrer +
Linnaeus +
dark gray +, gray-brown +, reddish-brown +  and reddish +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
obtuse +  and rounded +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
4.4 cm44 mm <br />0.044 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
broadly elliptic +  and ovate or obovate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
membranous +  and leathery +
2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br /> (?) +  and 4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
free +  and distinct +
Sour or pie cherry +  and cerisier acide +
solitary +, fascicles +, 2-flowered +  and umbellate +
B.C. +, N.B. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Alaska +, Calif. +, Conn. +, Del. +, D.C. +, Ga. +, Idaho +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Mo. +, Mont. +, Nebr. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Mex. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Oreg. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Vt. +, Va. +, Wash. +, W.Va. +  and Eurasia +
not +  and aggregated +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
globose +
1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0–1000 m +
flattened +
hairy +  and glabrous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
not +  and aggregated +
not +  and aggregated +
not +  and aggregated +
Roadsides, thickets, woodland borders, abandoned fields +
persistent +  and deciduous +
tubular-campanulate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
umbellate +  and 1-4-flowered +
crassinucellate +
deciduous +
glandular-toothed +
inferior +  and superior +
biseriate +  and clustered +
collateral +  and apical +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (3.7 cm37 mm <br />0.037 m <br />) +
0 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
free +  and distinct +
suborbiculate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–May +  and fruiting Jun–Jul. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
not arillate +
free +  and distinct +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Introduced +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
1 +  and 20 +
linear;lanceolate +
not flattened +  and subglobose +
deciduous +
distinct +
basal +, lateral +, subterminal +  and terminal +
not elongate +
Amygdalus +, Armeniaca +, Cerasus +, Lauro-cerasus +, Padus +  and Persica +
Prunus cerasus +
species +
inconspicuous +
tree +, suckering +  and shrub +
hairy +  and glabrous +