Prunus spinosa

Rare card · No. 42382

Prunus spinosa, called blackthorn or sloe, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family, Rosaceae. It is native to Europe and West Asia, and has been naturalised in parts of North America. The fruits are used to make sloe gin in Great Britain and patxaran in the Basque Country. The wood is used to make walking sticks, including the Irish shillelagh.

Read on Wikipedia · Image Martin Olsson (mnemo on en/sv wikipedia and commons, martin@minimum.se), CC BY-SA 3.0