Prunus ilicifolia

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: 9 m"m" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 9.
Lifespan: perennial
Poisonous: The pit of the fruit is toxic
Cultivation
Exposure: sun
Water: dry
Features: evergreen, fire resistant
USDA Zones: on"on" is not a number. to on"on" is not a number.
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Read about Prunus ilicifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Prunus ilicifolia, Walp. (Cerasus ilicifolia, Nutt. Lauro- cerasus ilicifolia, Roem.). Islay. Wild Cherry. Evehghken Cherry. Mountain Holly. Evergreen bush or small tree, rarely becoming 30 ft.tall, with a dense crown: lvs. holly-like, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, obtuse, acute, or sometimes even acuminate, mostly broad and sometimes rounded at the base, the margins coarsely spiny-toothed, the blade thick and shining: fls. white, in slender racemes less than 2 in. long in spring, about 1/3in across: fr. rather large (sometimes 2/3in. long), nearly globose, purple or nearly black; stone ovate. San Francisco to Low., Calif. Gn. 3, p. 131. S.S.4:162. G.F. 5:475 (tree).—A most worthy garden-plant. CH


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