Prunus persica
Common names
peach
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Red/Pink
Detailed description
A small, spreading, deciduous tree up to 4m; 5 pink petals; round, greenish yellow to red fruit 50-80mm long; stone deeply pitted and furrowed (Webb et al., 1988).
Habitat
Terrestrial. Light demanding (West, 1996). Grassy and scrub-covered hillsides, roadsides, tracks, railways, wasteland (Webb et al., 1988).
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Ecology
Flowering
August, September, October
Year naturalised
1869
Origin
China
Reason for introduction
Horticultural
Other information
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
PRUPER