Prunus hortulana

{{Short description|Species of tree}}

{{For|another plant called wild-goose plum|Prunus rivularis}}

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| image = Prunus hortulana BB-1913.png

| image_caption = 1913 illustrationillustration from Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 324

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| display_parents = 2

| genus = Prunus

| parent = Prunus sect. Prunocerasus

| species = hortulana

| authority = L.H.Bailey{{cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/rjp-5901|title=Prunus hortulana L.H.Bailey|publisher=The Plant List |accessdate = January 22, 2014}}}}

Prunus hortulana, called the hortulan plum{{GRIN | accessdate=January 22, 2014}} and wild goose plum, is a fruit shrub in the rose family found in the central United States in: Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia.{{cite web |url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/15368898|title=Prunus hortulana L. H. Bailey |publisher=Catalogue of Life|date= October 2013 |accessdate=January 22, 2014}} Populations east of the Appalachians probably represent naturalizations.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Prunus%20hortulana.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map]

Prunus hortulana is a deciduous tree with a trunk diameter of up to {{convert|15|cm|in|abbr=off|frac=4}} and an overall height of {{convert|6|m|ft|abbr=off}} or more. The leaves are green and hairless on the top, but hairy on the underside. White flowers in clusters of 2–4 appear in the spring. The edible fruits{{cite book|last=Little|first=Elbert L.|title=The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region|publisher=Knopf|location=New York|year=1980|isbn=0-394-50760-6|page=499}} are red or yellow drupes with white dots, reportedly sweet and pleasant tasting. The species grows in upland forests and near streams.{{cite web |url=http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/shrub/prho.htm|title=Prunus hortulana Bailey |publisher=Oklahoma Biological Survey |accessdate=January 22, 2014}}[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242417057 Flora of North America, Prunus hortulana L. H. Bailey, 1892. Hortulan or wild goose plum ][https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34569158#page/106/mode/1up Bailey, Liberty Hyde 1892. Garden & Forest 5(209): 90]

There are several domesticated cultivars and hybrids with other Prunus.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IKQUAAAAYAAJ&dq=Prunus+hortulana&pg=PA30|last=Wight|first=William Franklin|title=Native American Species of Prunus |date=April 2, 1915|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture|location=Washington, D. C. |accessdate=January 22, 2014}}