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Blackthorn
Prunus spinosa
Prunus spinosa, called blackthorn or sloe, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia, and locally in northwest Africa. It is also locally naturalised in New Zealand, Tasmania and eastern North America.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.807
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.38
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.438
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.436
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.1088
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.442
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.762
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Prunus spinosa in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55811.