*Prunus persica (Linnaeus) Batsch. Common name: Peach. Phenology: Mar-Apr; Jun-Aug. Habitat: Roadsides, trash-heaps, old fields, fencerows, disturbed thickets; commonly cultivated and commonly escaped or persistent. Distribution: Native of China.
Origin/Endemic status: E. and se. Asia
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, Fl3, FNA9, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Robertson (1974); = Amygdalus persica L. — S, S13, Tat; > Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. nucipersica (Suckow) C.K.Schneid. Basionym: Amygdalus persica L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Prunus persica - FNA9
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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