*Prunus domestica Linnaeus. Subgenus: Prunus. European Plum, Damson, Bullace, Skeg. Phen: Apr-May; Aug-Sep. Hab: Suburban forests, roadsides. Dist: Native of Europe. Introduced at scattered locations; reported for Fairfax and Fauquier counties (Virginia Botanical Associates 2019); also reported for MD, PA, NJ.

Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia

Taxonomy Comments: Depypere et al. (2009) found that P. domestica and P. insititia were genetically very similar, but generally separable morphologically; they favored combining the two into a single species based on their similarity, variability and likely origin from complicated hybridization and domestication by man.

Synonymy: = FNA9, K3, Mi, NY; = n/a – Pa, RAB; > Prunus domestica L. – F, NE; > Prunus domestica L. ssp. domestica – C; > Prunus domestica L. ssp. institia (L.) C.K.Schneid. – C; > Prunus domestica L. var. domestica – K1; > Prunus domestica L. var. insititia – K1; > Prunus insititia L. – F, G, NE, Tat, Robertson (1974)

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