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

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Viburnum nudum var. nudum

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

Viburnum nudum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-002?:

Viburnum nudum   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

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

Viburnum nudum var. angustifolium

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

Viburnum nudum

 

COMMON NAME:
Possumhaw Viburnum, Witherod Viburnum, Shining Viburnum


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image of Viburnum nitidum, Possumhaw Viburnum, Witherod Viburnum, Shining Viburnum

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

        

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viburnum nudum var. nudum

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-002?:
Viburnum nudum   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viburnum nudum var. angustifolium

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4964

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: bogs and swamps, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy white
Peduncles usually 16-29mm long
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Pink to dark blue or black in late Jul-Aug
Drupe

 

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