Species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae
"Blackthorn" redirects here. For other uses, see Blackthorn (disambiguation).
"Prunelle" redirects here. For the liqueur, see Sloe gin.
Prunus spinosa
Fruit
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Rosaceae
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Prunus subg. Prunus
Section:
Prunus sect. Prunus
Species:
P. spinosa
Binomial name
Prunus spinosa
L.
Distribution map
Synonyms[2]
List
Druparia spinosa Clairv.
Prunus acacia Crantz
Prunus acacia Crantz ex Poir.
Prunus acacia-germanica Crantz
Prunus amygdaliformis Pau
Prunus approximata Giraudias
Prunus communis var. spinosa (L.) Hook. & Arn.
Prunus domestica var. spinosa (L.) Kuntze
Prunus ericiflora A.Sav.
Prunus erythrocalyx Clav.
Prunus erythrocalyx var. rubella Clav.
Prunus foecundissima Clav.
Prunus glomerata A.Sav.
Prunus insititia var. spinosa (L.) Weston
Prunus kurdica Fenzl ex Fritsch
Prunus lucens Sav.
Prunus lucida Clav.
Prunus moldavica Kotov
Prunus oxypyrena Clav.
Prunus podolica
Prunus praecox Salisb.
Prunus rubella Clav.
Prunus spinosa f. erythrocalyx (Clavaud) Browicz & Ziel.
Prunus spinosa var. balearica Willk.
Prunus spinosa var. erythrocalyx (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus
Prunus spinosa var. oxypyrena (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus
Prunus spinosa var. pubescens Ficalho & Cout.
Prunus spinosa var. rubella (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus
Prunus spinosa var. stenopetala (Clavaud) Rouy & E.G.Camus
Prunus spinosa var. subcinerea Cout.
Prunus stepposa Kotov
Prunus subcylindrica Sav.
Prunus subvillosa Debeaux
Prunus vulgatior var. stenopetala Clav.
Prunus spinosa, called blackthorn or sloe, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. The species is native to Europe, western Asia, and regionally in northwest Africa. It is locally naturalized in New Zealand, Tasmania, and the Pacific Northwest and New England regions of the United States.
The fruits are used to make sloe gin in Britain and patxaran in Basque Country. The wood is used to make walking sticks, including the Irish shillelagh.
^Rhodes, L.; Maxted, N. (2016). "Prunus spinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T172194A19400568. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T172194A19400568.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^"Prunus spinosa L." The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species (ver. 1.1 ed.). Retrieved 27 January 2014.
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to include the species of modern Prunus—Amygdalus, Cerasus, Prunus, and Padus—but simplified it to Amygdalus and Prunus in 1758. Since then, the various...
gin and blackthorn fruits (sloes), which are the drupe fruit of the Prunusspinosa tree, which is a relative of the plum. As an alcoholic drink, sloe gin...
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the location. The larvae feed on Prunus species, including Prunus avium, Prunusspinosa, Prunus domestica and Prunus insititia. In California, A. lineatella...
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feed on a wide variety of plants. Recorded foodplants include Rubus, Prunusspinosa, Crataegus, Quercus, Carpinus, Betula, Salix, Erica, Vaccinium, Spiraea...
of sloe gin, made by soaking sloe fruits from the blackthorn plant, Prunusspinosa, with sugar and spices in spirit alcohol. This results in a reddish...
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common name sloe bug, neither the larvae nor the adults feed on Sloe (Prunusspinosa). Mating Mid nymph Late nymph Adult. Red specimen Mounted specimen showing...
tanks. an Irish walking stick, or shillelagh, made from the blackthorn (Prunusspinosa). It can fold out into a single-legged seat. Made from a tropical American...
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