Peach, Nectarine at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Prunus persica | 30 Oct 2023 | abread111 | ||
| Prunus persica | 30 Oct 2023 | natureguy | ||
| Prunus domestica | 29 Oct 2023 | abread111 |
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Cut and dabbed and mapped in FieldMaps treated as a woody weed
In Oldfields Lane
3 comments
natureguy
wrote:
30 Oct 2023
I was thinking Nectarine, which is a variety of Prunus persica (maybe we should update the common name?)
abread111
wrote:
30 Oct 2023
I also came to think of nectarine when I found this:
peach (Prunus persica var. persica) has relatively narrow (i.e. lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong) leaves with entire to sharply-toothed (i.e. serrate) margins. Its white, pink or red flowers are almost stalkless (i.e. sessile). Its relatively large fleshy fruit (3-5 cm across) turn yellow to red in colour when mature and are softly velvety hairy (i.e. minutely pubescent).
nectarine (Prunus persica var. nucipersica) has relatively narrow (i.e. lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong) leaves with entire to sharply-toothed (i.e. serrate) margins. Its white, pink or red flowers are almost stalkless (i.e. sessile). Its relatively large fleshy fruit (3-5 cm across) turn yellow to red in colour when mature and are hairless (i.e. glabrous).
So updating the common name to include both peach and nectarine would be good.
peach (Prunus persica var. persica) has relatively narrow (i.e. lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong) leaves with entire to sharply-toothed (i.e. serrate) margins. Its white, pink or red flowers are almost stalkless (i.e. sessile). Its relatively large fleshy fruit (3-5 cm across) turn yellow to red in colour when mature and are softly velvety hairy (i.e. minutely pubescent).
nectarine (Prunus persica var. nucipersica) has relatively narrow (i.e. lanceolate to lanceolate-oblong) leaves with entire to sharply-toothed (i.e. serrate) margins. Its white, pink or red flowers are almost stalkless (i.e. sessile). Its relatively large fleshy fruit (3-5 cm across) turn yellow to red in colour when mature and are hairless (i.e. glabrous).
So updating the common name to include both peach and nectarine would be good.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.168034-35.230981
- Altitude 652.0m
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 29 Oct 2023 02:30 PM Recorded on
- abread111 Recorded by
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Collections
abread111 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Prunus persica Other Trees Plants
Additional information
- 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
- Alive / healthy Plant health
Species information
- Prunus persica Scientific name
- Peach, Nectarine Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 822.26m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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