Irish wildflowers sitemap More: Trees

Laurel
Prunus laurocerasus
Labhras silíní
Family: Rosaceae

Evergreen tree or large shrub. Introduced.
Flowering: March-May.

White flowers in erect racemes. Small black or purple-black fruit, poisonous. Shiny green leathery leaves, evergreen, oblong-ovate. Small teeth on leaf edges. Height: To 7m.

Woods, waste ground, roadsides. Frequently planted, can be a very invasive introduction.




     

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