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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Oemleria cerasiformis
Phenology Observation Sheet for Deciduous Trees and Shrubs

COMMON NAME

Indian plum

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Oemleria cerasiformis

ALSO KNOWN AS

Osoberry

Plant family

Rose (Rosaceae)

Plant group

Deciduous Trees and Shrubs

Shrub or small tree with broadly lance-shaped not toothed leaves. Flowers greenish-white with five petals, male and female on separate plants.
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Identification hints

Shrub or small tree with broadly lance-shaped not toothed leaves. Flowers greenish-white with five petals, male and female on separate plants.
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According to USDA PLANTS, Indian plum was named after the German-American pharmacist Augustus Gottlieb Oemler, a supposed descendant of Martin Luther's sister. Indian plum generally blooms in late winter to early spring.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
California , Oregon , Washington
HABITAT
There is no information available about this species.

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