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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum lantanoides   FAMILY Viburnaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum lantanoides   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-001:

Viburnum alnifolium   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Viburnum lantanoides

 

COMMON NAME:
Witch Hobble, Moosewood, Hobblebush, Tangle-legs


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image of Viburnum lantanoides, Witch Hobble, Moosewood, Hobblebush, Tangle-legs

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vial3_001_lvd

        

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JK Marlow    jkm0305s_20

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Leaves broadly egg-shaped or rounded, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

image of Viburnum lantanoides, Witch Hobble, Moosewood, Hobblebush, Tangle-legs

JK Marlow    jkm0505k_31

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Viburnum lantanoides, Witch Hobble, Moosewood, Hobblebush, Tangle-legs

JK Marlow    jkm160502_099

May    Macon County    NC

Highlands Biological Station

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JK Marlow    jkm160503_258

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

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JK Marlow    jkm160503_268

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum lantanoides, Witch Hobble, Moosewood, Hobblebush, Tangle-legs

JK Marlow    jkm160503_271

May    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum lantanoides, Witch Hobble, Moosewood, Hobblebush, Tangle-legs

Keith Bradley    kab_v_lantanoides_73501

May        NC

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvlantanoides_2pw3

May        

Flowering stems with only one pair of leaves, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

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Dan Whitten    sdw_051621_witchhobble

May        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

The cyme's outer flowers sterile, 2.5-3cm broad; inner flowers perfect, 5-7mm, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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Will Stuart    wil_8753054451_2b45e92ffa

May        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum lantanoides, Witch Hobble, Moosewood, Hobblebush, Tangle-legs

JK Marlow    jkm150606_222

June    Avery County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum lantanoides, Witch Hobble, Moosewood, Hobblebush, Tangle-legs

JK Marlow    jkm150606_223

June    Avery County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum lantanoides, Witch Hobble, Moosewood, Hobblebush, Tangle-legs

JK Marlow    jkm150606_225

June    Avery County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum lantanoides, Witch Hobble, Moosewood, Hobblebush, Tangle-legs

JK Marlow    jkm0508c_09b

August    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum lantanoides, Witch Hobble, Moosewood, Hobblebush, Tangle-legs

Will Stuart    wil_9628359905_12291e82c9

August    Haywood County    NC

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Will Stuart    wil_9631591678_c012665f89

August    Haywood County    NC

Fruit a bright red drupe, becoming black after maturity, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

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JK Marlow    jkm190914_1494

September    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Terminal buds 15-25mm long, scurfy, stalked, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

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JK Marlow    jkm190914_1495

September    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Terminal buds covered by two embryonic folded leaves instead of scales, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Viburnum lantanoides, Witch Hobble, Moosewood, Hobblebush, Tangle-legs

JK Marlow    jkm190914_1578

September    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Viburnum lantanoides, Witch Hobble, Moosewood, Hobblebush, Tangle-legs

JK Marlow    jkm0511b_23

November    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Leaves mostly 4-8" long, bases heart-shaped, veins prominent, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Viburnum lantanoides, Witch Hobble, Moosewood, Hobblebush, Tangle-legs

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvlantanoides_mj

Month Unknown    Ashe County    NC

Mount Jefferson

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum lantanoides   FAMILY Viburnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum lantanoides   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-001:
Viburnum alnifolium   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum lantanoides

 

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1619

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests, boulderfields, primarily over 1000 m elevation, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Common in Mountains (rare in GA)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy white
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual (inner flowers) & sterile (outer flowers)

FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Drupe

 

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