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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

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

Viburnum dentatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-008a:

Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Viburnum semitomentosum

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Arrowwood


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image of Viburnum dentatum, Southern Arrowwood

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvdentatum_hc1

April        

image of Viburnum dentatum, Southern Arrowwood

JK Marlow    s050522_h

May    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Petioles and lower surface of leaves permanently pubescent, often stellate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viburnum dentatum, Southern Arrowwood

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_052621hayesville15

May    Clay County    NC

Clay County Native Botanical Garden

image of Viburnum dentatum, Southern Arrowwood

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_052621hayesville19

May    Clay County    NC

Clay County Native Botanical Garden

image of Viburnum dentatum, Southern Arrowwood

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_052621hayesville20

May    Clay County    NC

Clay County Native Botanical Garden

image of Viburnum dentatum, Southern Arrowwood

JK Marlow    jkm070611_025

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Flowers all perfect, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viburnum dentatum, Southern Arrowwood

JK Marlow    jkm070611_031

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

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

image of Viburnum dentatum, Southern Arrowwood

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvdentatum_lvl1

June    Avery County    NC

image of Viburnum dentatum, Southern Arrowwood

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_060521hayesville27

June    Clay County    NC

Clay County Native Botanical Garden

image of Viburnum dentatum, Southern Arrowwood

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvdentatum_huger

Month Unknown    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Fruit a rounded drupe, blue [when mature], per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-008a:
Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum semitomentosum

 

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1621

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, streambanks, swamps, other moist places, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in Georgia Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Creamy white
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grayish-blue/Black
Drupe

 

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