Prunus ilicifolia var. ilicifolia

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 9. Treatment on page 362.

Shrubs or trees, 10–90 dm. Leaves: petiole 3–10 mm; blade ovate to suborbiculate, 1.6–6 × 1.2–4 cm, margins undulate, spinose-dentate to spinose-serrulate. Drupes dark red to purple, 12–18 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Aug–Nov.
Habitat: Chaparral, woodlands, canyons, slopes, and ridges
Elevation: 0–1600 m

Distribution

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Calif., Mexico (Baja California)

Discussion

Variety ilicifolia is widely cultivated in California because of its persistent, dark green, hollylike foliage.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
acute;acuminate +
Joseph R. Rohrer +
(Nuttall ex Hooker & Arnott) D. Dietrich +
dark gray +, gray-brown +, reddish-brown +  and reddish +
compound +  and simple +
opposite +  and alternate +
obtuse +, usually broadly rounded +  and subcordate +
Cerasus ilicifolia +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
ovate +  and suborbiculate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
membranous +  and leathery +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (?) +  and 4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
free +  and distinct +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
solitary +, fascicles +, 2-flowered +  and umbellate +
Calif. +  and Mexico (Baja California) +
not +  and aggregated +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
dark red +  and purple +
ellipsoid +  and globose +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
0–1600 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 +
Chaparral, woodlands, canyons, slopes, and ridges +
persistent +  and deciduous +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
crassinucellate +
persistent +
spinose-dentate +  and spinose-serrulate +
undulate +
inferior +  and superior +
biseriate +  and clustered +
collateral +  and apical +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
0 (?) +  and 4 (?) +
white +  and yellowish +
free +  and distinct +
suborbiculate;obovate;suborbiculate;obovate;elliptic +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–May +  and fruiting Aug–Nov. +
adnate +, free +, connate +  and distinct +
not arillate +
free +  and distinct +
erect +  and spreading +
triangular +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
free +  and distinct +
branched +  and simple +
1 +  and 20 +
linear;lanceolate +
flattened +, subglobose +  and ellipsoid +
deciduous +
distinct +
basal +, lateral +, subterminal +  and terminal +
not elongate +
Amygdalus +, Armeniaca +, Cerasus +, Lauro-cerasus +, Padus +  and Persica +
Prunus ilicifolia var. ilicifolia +
Prunus ilicifolia +
variety +
callus-tipped +
inconspicuous +
tree +  and shrub +
hairy +  and glabrous +