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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viburnum cassinoides   FAMILY Viburnaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Viburnum nudum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-002:

Viburnum cassinoides   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Viburnum cassinoides

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

Viburnum cassinoides

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw


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image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vica_001_lhd

        

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm190416_7469

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm190416_7470

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm060508_172

May    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm060508_173

May    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm160504_449

May    Jackson County    NC

Panthertown

Flowering stems have 2 pairs of leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm160504_450

May    Jackson County    NC

Panthertown

Leaves scurfy pubescent beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

Bill Sharpton    gws_witherodviburnum

June    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Bald

Flowers all perfect, borne in a compound flat-topped cyme, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm090607_087

June    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm150606_202

June    Avery County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvcassinioides_habtgfm

June    Avery County    NC

Grandfather Mountain

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvcassinioides_lvl

June    Avery County    NC

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    s090607_05

June    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 5-11cm long, acuminate or rarely acute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_v_cassino_nwildraisin

July        

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm140816_707

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

Leaves dull to slightly shiny above; undulate-crenulate (or rarely entire), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm080924_081

September    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm080928_017

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm080928_020

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Fruits at first pink to red, then deep blue or nearly black and glaucous, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm080928_041

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm080928_043

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Both terminal and lateral buds often much elongated, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm080928_045

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Witherod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

Ron Lance    rwl1620_a

September        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viburnum cassinoides   FAMILY Viburnaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Viburnum nudum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-002:
Viburnum cassinoides   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viburnum cassinoides

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

 

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1620

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, moist forests, high elevation forests and outcrops, heath balds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, uncommon in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy white
Peduncles average 13mm long (5-25mm)
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pink to Blue
Drupe

 

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