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Prunus geniculata
Scrub plum is a rare, low, rounded shrub native only to Florida's central ridges, growing in sandy scrub and sandhill habitat. It is a species, not a commonly cultivated garden plant, and is grown mainly in native plant and conservation settings.
Prunus geniculata is a rare species of plum known by the common name scrub plum. The species is endemic to Florida.
The species is endemic to Florida in the United States, where it occurs on the Lake Wales Ridge in the central ridges of the peninsula. It grows in yellow-sand sandhill habitat dominated by longleaf pine and turkey oak and white-sand Florida scrub among sand pine, Florida rosemary, and scrub hickory.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
