Prunus virginiana var. demissa
Common name:
Western Chokecherry
Pronunciation:
PROO-nus ver-jin-ee-A-na
Family:
Rosaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
Yes
- Deciduous, thicket forming shrub, mostly 7-12(20) ft [2-4(6) m] tall. Leaves pubescent below, more cordate and rounded at the base than the Common or Eastern Chokecherry [P. virginiana var. virginiana)]. Fruit black when ripe.
- Sun or partial shade
- Hardy to USDA Zone 4 Native range from British Columbia southward into northern Mexico, Texas, and California (except the coast and Central Valley) There is some disagreement on this distribution.
- When all three varieties of chokecherry (var. virginiana, var. demissa, var. melanocarpa) are combined in a distribution map, the total native coverage of chokecherry (Pnunus virginiana) includes most of North America
- demissa: drooping
- Dallas, Oregon: Delbert Hunter Arboretum
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