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|accepted_name=Prunus geniculata
|accepted_authority=R. M. Harper
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Torreya
|place=11: 67. 1911
|year=1911
}}
|common_names=Scrub plum
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae;Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae;Prunus;Prunus geniculata
|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 geniculata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 357, 359
|treatment_page=page 378
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> sometimes suckering, much branched, 5–10(–20) dm, thorny. <b>Twigs</b> with axillary end buds, hairy. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous; petiole 3–6 mm, hairy on adaxial surface, sometimes glandular distally, glands 1–2, discoid; blade elliptic, 0.8–2.5 × 0.4–1.3 cm, base obtuse to rounded, margins crenulate-serrulate in distal 1/2, nearly entire on smaller leaves, teeth blunt, glandular, apex obtuse to rounded, mucronate, surfaces glabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary flowers. <b>Pedicels</b> 0–3 mm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> usually bisexual with some staminate flowers on same plant, blooming before leaf emergence; hypanthium campanulate, 2–3 mm, glabrous externally; sepals erect to spreading, ovate, 1–1.5 mm, margins entire, ciliate, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial hairy; petals white, elliptic, 2 mm; ovaries glabrous. <b>Drupes</b> reddish, ovoid, 12–25 mm, glabrous; mesocarps fleshy; stones ovoid, ± flattened.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jan–Feb; fruiting Mar–May.
|habitat=Longleaf pine-turkey oak sandhills, pine-evergreen oak scrub
|elevation=10–50 m
|distribution=Fla.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p><i>Prunus geniculata</i> is known only from the Lake Wales Ridge in central Florida. Much of its original habitat has been lost to residential, recreational, and agricultural development; it received federal listing as an endangered species in 1987.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Prunus geniculata
|authority=R. M. Harper
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jan–Feb; fruiting Mar–May.
|habitat=Longleaf pine-turkey oak sandhills, pine-evergreen oak scrub
|elevation=10–50 m
|distribution=Fla.
|reference=None
|publication title=Torreya
|publication year=1911
|special status=Conservation concern;Endemic
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|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Amygdaloideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Amygdaleae
|genus=Prunus
|species=Prunus geniculata
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