Prunus spinosa Linnaeus (Q4467)

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Prunus spinosa is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Prunus
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Prunus spinosa Linnaeus
Prunus spinosa is a taxon with the rank species within the genus Prunus

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    taxon/id/Prunus spinosa Linnaeus
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    Prunus spinosa Linnaeus
    Prunus spinosa
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2014. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 9: Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    prunellier (French)
    blackthorn (English)
    sloe of Europe (English)
    Blackthorn (English)
    sloe (English)
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    Straley, G.B., D.V. Meidinger & G.W. Douglas. 1989-1994. The Vascular plants of British Columbia. BC. Ministry of Forests, Victoria. 4 vols.
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    Roland, A.E. & E.C. Smith. 1969. The Flora of Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, N.S. [Reprinted from Proc. N.S. Inst. Sci. 26]
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    Newmaster, S.G., A. Lehela, M.J. Oldham, P.W.C. Uhlig & S. McMurray. 1998. Ontario Plant List. Ontario Forest Research Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Forest Information Paper No. 123. 550 pp.
    Eurasia
    n Africa
    Flowering Mar–May; fruiting Aug–Sep.
    0–1000 m
    Shrubs, suckering, 10–40 dm, thorny.
    Twigs with axillary end buds, hairy.
    petiole 4–7 mm, hairy, eglandular;
    blade elliptic to obovate, 1.5–4 × 1–2.2 cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins crenulate-serrulate, teeth blunt, often glandular, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface hairy (especially along midribs and veins), adaxial glabrate.
    Inflorescences usually solitary flowers, sometimes 2-flowered fascicles.
    Pedicels 0.5–5 (–8) mm, usually glabrous, rarely hairy.
    Flowers blooming before leaf emergence;
    hypanthium cupulate, 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous externally;
    sepals spreading, oblong, 1.5–2.5 mm, margins glandular-toothed, surfaces glabrous or adaxially hairy at bases;
    petals white, elliptic, 4–8 mm;
    ovaries glabrous.
    Drupes bluish black, globose, 10–15 mm, glabrous;
    mesocarps fleshy;