Blackthorn
Prunus spinosa L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 3.2 m
- wide
- 3.2 m
Rosaceae
Also called Sloe, blackthorn
Formerly Druparia spinosa, Prunus acacia, Prunus acacia-germanica, Prunus amygdaliformis, and 17 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to C. Asia and Iran, NW. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Royal Horticultural Society, one source
- Height
- 2.5 m to 4.0 mRead from Royal Horticultural Society, one source
- Spread
- 2.5 m to 4.0 mRead from Royal Horticultural Society, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Royal Horticultural Society, one source
- Flowers
- White, creamRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -20 °C (USDA zone 6b)Read from Royal Horticultural Society, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- German
- Schlehdorn, Schwarzdorn
- Irish
- Draighean
- Simplified Chinese
- 刺李
- Bavarian
- Schleha
- Croatian
- Trnina
- Serbian (Latin)
- Trnina
- Dutch
- Sleedoorn
- Ukrainian
- Терен
- Azerbaijani
- Göyəm
- Aragonese
- Aranyoner
- Arabic
- البُرقوق الشائك, الخوخ الشوكي, القراصية
- Asturian
- abrunu, andrinal, brunu
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Royal Horticultural Society, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Prunus spinosa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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