Prunus subcordata
Common name: 
Klamath Plum
Sierra Plum
Pacific Plum
Pronunciation: 
PROO-nus sub-kor-DAH-ta
Family: 
rosaceae
Genus: 
Prunus
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
Yes
  • Deciduous, thicket forming shrubs or small trees, up to 25 ft (7.5 m), crooked horizontal branches, short trunk.  Leaves ovate to oval, 2.5-6 cm long, 1-4.5 cm wide, apex and base rounded, margins serrate to doubly serrate, glossy dark green, smooth, above, paler below.  Flowers 1.5 cm wide, 5 rounded white petals, turning pink, 2-4 on slender stalks.  Fruit 1.5-2.5 cm wide, reddish-purple or sometimes yellow, sour, edible flesh.
  • Sun.  Seems not to be fussy about the soil, best if moist and well drained.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 7         Native from southern Oregon, most common in Klamath and Lake counties, south to central California, in the Coast Range and Sierra Nevada, to 6,000 ft (1,800 m).
  • subcordata: nearly cordate (heart-shaped).
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  • leafy shoot tip, early fall

    leafy shoot tip, early fall

  • leaf

    leaf