Irish wildflowers sitemap More: Trees

Blackthorn / Sloe
Prunus spinosa
Draighean
Family: Rosaceae

Flowering: March-May. Deciduous small tree or shrub. Native.

White flowers, appearing before leaves. Blue-black fruit in autumn.
Fruit are edible but very astringent. Dull green lanceolate leaves, usually less than 35mm long. Grey-brown or blackish branches that end in strong, sharp spines. Spreads by seed, also produces many suckers that form dense thickets. Very spiny. Height: 1-4m

Very frequent in hedges, woods, scrubland, roadsides.
Native, also often planted.


     



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