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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum lentago   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Viburnum lentago

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

Viburnum lentago

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

Viburnum lentago   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

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

Viburnum lentago

 

COMMON NAME:
Nannyberry, Sheepberry


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image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_920

        

image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vile_001_lvd

        

image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_vile_008_lhd

        

image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_vile_009_lvd

        

image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_vile_012_lvd

        

image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_viburnum_lentago1

June    Crawford County    MI

A large shrub or small tree, to 10 meters tall, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_viburnum_lentago2

June    Crawford County    MI

Flower clusters sessile or nearly so, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_viburnum_lentago2b

June    Crawford County    MI

Leaves mostly acuminate, lateral veins curving & branching, margins serrulate, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum lentago   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viburnum lentago

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

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

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

 

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1622

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Shrubby stream-bottoms, other wetlands and wetland margins, also in rocky or sandy uplands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

Rare

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Bluish-black
Drupe

 

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