Scientific Name

Prunus spinosa L.

Family

Amygdalaceae (New South Wales)
Rosaceae (Queensland, the ACT, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia)

Common Names

blackthorn, sloe, sloe berry, sloe plum

Origin

Native to Europe and western Asia (i.e. north-western Iran, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and southern Russia).

Naturalised Distribution

Locally naturalised in Tasmania and southern Victoria.

Also naturalised overseas in northern USA (i.e. Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Missouri, Tennessee, Michigan, Maine, New York, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland).

Notes

Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) is regarded as an environmental weed in Tasmania and Victoria.