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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Viburnum rafinesqueanum
FAMILY
Adoxaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Downy Arrowwood at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum rafinesquianum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-007:
Viburnum rafinesquianum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Downy Arrowwood
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_rafinesquianum_5048
April Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Leaves with 5-9 lateral veins on each side, petioles short, per Weakley's Flora.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_rafinesquianum_5049
April Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Lateral veins nearly straight & prominently parallel for most of their length, per Weakley's Flora.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_rafinesquianum_5071
April Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_v_rafinesquianum5049b
April Orange County NC
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Flowers all alike and fertile, per Weakley's Flora.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_rafinesquianum_3
May
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Viburnum rafinesqueanum
FAMILY
Adoxaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum rafinesquianum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-007:
Viburnum rafinesquianum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
1627
Shrub
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC -
Common in NC Piedmont, rare in GA
Look for it in dry-mesic to dry woodlands & forests, esp common over mafic rocks (but not at all restricted to such sites), per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Creamy white
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p087
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p127
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p302
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p373