Prunus angustifolia

Leaves folded along the midvein, red glands at the tip of each tooth in the leaf edge. Forms thickets. Twigs zig-zag and reddish with long lenticles. Side flowering twigs end in thorn or sharp tip. Old trees with shaggy bark. Anthers can be yellow or red. Calyx lobes entire and without glands. Petiole reddish with 2 red glands. Flowers 2-4 in a cluster. Glands on leaf serrations.

Birds and mammals eat the fruit. Various insects visit the flowers. Provides cover and nesting sites for wildlife. This plant is also a special value to native bees.

Cultivated by the Chickasaw Indians and other indigenous peoples before the arrival of Europeans.

Open woodlands, woodland edges, forest openings, savannas, prairies, plains, meadows, pastures, fence rows, roadsides, sand dunes, prairie ravines, stream valleys, roadsides, and old fields; usually in sandy or sterile soil.

This plum is eaten fresh and made into jellies and preserves.