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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum rufidulum
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
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You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Read more about Rusty Blackhaw at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum rufidulum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-005:
Viburnum rufidulum FAMILY Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum rufidulum
COMMON NAME:
Rusty Blackhaw, Blue Haw, Southern Blackhaw, Rusty Haw
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_922b
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_viru_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120212_045
February Spartanburg County SC
Twigs grayish, lenticellate, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Roxanna Martin rlm21212_cmp21
February Spartanburg County SC
Buds dark red-brown and scurfy, or densely rusty-pubescent, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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Roxanna Martin rlm21212_cmp23
February Spartanburg County SC
The bark has been described as resembling dogwood - only more so!
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JK Marlow jkm100314_035
March Decatur County GA
Bark dark gray to blackish, blocky, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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JK Marlow jkm110415_586
April Carroll County GA
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JK Marlow jkm110415_589
April Carroll County GA
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JK Marlow jkm110415_591b
April Carroll County GA
Leaves reddish-brown scurfy beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm110415_593
April Carroll County GA
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 jkm110415_593b
April Carroll County GA
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JK Marlow jkm170401_385
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm170401_387
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm170401_388
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7146
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
Twigs slender, reddish-brown to gray. Petioles rusty hairy, grooved, sometimes winged, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7149
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7152
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220421_7154
April Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0033
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Leaves glossy, rather thick, fine-toothed, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0034
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm210507_0035
May Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_prunileftrufiright1
May
Viburnum prunifolium (left), V. rufidulum (right).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_vprunileft_rufiright2
May
Viburnum prunifolium (left), V. rufidulum (right).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum rufidulum
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum rufidulum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-005:
Viburnum rufidulum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum rufidulum
1628
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Dry woodlands, dry-mesic woodlands and forests, glade margins, especially common over calcareous or mafic rocks (but not at all restricted to such sites), less commonly in bottomland forests and on stream banks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Mountains of GA & NC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Creamy white
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p390
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p072
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p319
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p271
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p256
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p128
- Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007) p105
- The Sibley Guide to Trees (Sibley, 2009) p397
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p101
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p023
- 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 Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p370
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