Prunus persica

Peach, Nectarine at Watson, ACT

Prunus persica at Watson, ACT - 29 Oct 2023 02:30 PM
Prunus persica at Watson, ACT - 29 Oct 2023 02:30 PM
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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

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abread111 wrote:
   30 Oct 2023
wouldn't a peach fruit be furry instead of shiny?
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.

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