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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viburnum cassinoides
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
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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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vica_001_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm190416_7469
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm190416_7470
April Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm060508_172
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm060508_173
May Macon County NC
Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm160504_450
May Jackson County NC
Panthertown
Leaves scurfy pubescent beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm090607_087
June Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm150606_202
June Avery County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvcassinioides_habtgfm
June Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvcassinioides_lvl
June Avery County NC
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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).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_cassino_nwildraisin
July
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm080924_081
September Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm080928_017
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm080928_041
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm080928_045
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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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
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)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p265
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p098
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p187
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p268
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p108
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p127?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p302
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p102
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p240
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p269
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p312
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p15
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p320
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p370
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