View source for Prunus pumila var. besseyi

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|accepted_name=Prunus pumila var. besseyi
|accepted_authority=(L. H. Bailey) Waugh
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Rep. (Annual) Vermont Agric. Exp. Sta.
|place=12: 239. 1899
|year=1899
}}
|common_names=Western or Bessey’s sandcherry
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Prunus besseyi
|authority=L. H. Bailey
|rank=species
|publication_title=Cornell Univ. Exp. Sta. Bull.
|publication_place=70: 261, plate 1. 1894
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae;Prunus;Prunus pumila;Prunus pumila var. besseyi
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Prunus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Prunus pumila]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Prunus pumila var. besseyi]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 375, 381
|treatment_page=page 374
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>usually erect-ascending, sometimes sprawling with ascending tips, 1–7(–15) dm; twigs usually glabrous, sometimes sparsely puberulent. <b>Leaf</b> blades elliptic, oblanceolate, or obovate, 2.5–8 × 0.8–2.2(–2.9) cm, lengths ca. 2.9 times widths, base cuneate, apex short-acuminate, acute, or obtuse. <b>Drupes</b> subglobose, 8–12 × 5–12 mm; stones subglobose to ovoid, 7–9 × 5–7 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Sandy prairies, oak savannas, rock outcrops
|elevation=200–1700 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Sask.;Colo.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wis.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Variety besseyi has been introduced west of its native range as an ornamental and fruit bearer for the home garden, where its adaptation to cold winters and hot, dry summers is a valuable asset. Cultivars were developed by breeders at the Morden Experimental Station in Manitoba and at the University of South Dakota.</p>
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name=Prunus pumila var. besseyi
|authority=(L. H. Bailey) Waugh
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Prunus besseyi
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–May; fruiting Jul–Aug.
|habitat=Sandy prairies, oak savannas, rock outcrops
|elevation=200–1700 m
|distribution=Man.;Ont.;Sask.;Colo.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Minn.;Mont.;Nebr.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wis.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Rep. (Annual) Vermont Agric. Exp. Sta.
|publication year=1899
|special status=Endemic;Illustrated
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|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae
|genus=Prunus
|species=Prunus pumila
|variety=Prunus pumila var. besseyi
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