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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum prunifolium   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-004:

Viburnum prunifolium   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

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

Viburnum prunifolium

 

COMMON NAME:
Blackhaw, Nannyberry


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image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_273

        

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_922a

        

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_v_prunifolium_2b

March        

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_viburnum_prunifolium

March        

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

Will Stuart    wil_5577270993_844bea29b4

March    Mecklenburg County    NC

Flowers in flat-topped clusters, stalkless or nearly so, similar to V nudum, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

JK Marlow    jkm140411_847

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaf blades 1-3" long, margins finely serrate, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

JK Marlow    jkm140411_850

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaf lower surfaces paler than upper, glabrous or nearly so; petioles red, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

JK Marlow    jkm140411_852

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

JK Marlow    jkm180408_1142

April    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140411_185206

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140411_185230

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140411_185407

April    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140412_085157

April    Spartanburg County    SC

In cultivation

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_v_prunileftrufiright1

May        

Viburnum prunifolium (left), V. rufidulum (right).

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_vprunileft_rufiright2

May        

Viburnum prunifolium (left), V. rufidulum (right).

image of Viburnum prunifolium, Blackhaw, Nannyberry

JK Marlow    jkm200706_6453

July    Spartanburg County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum prunifolium   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-004:
Viburnum prunifolium   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1625

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Bottomland and riparian forests, stream banks, bluffs, mesic upland forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

map
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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
Black/Blue
Drupe

 

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