1949

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Native: north of the Carolinas

Documented growing wild in - - -

Rare

Look for it in wet forests, along streams, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
WinterSummer/Fall
Red
Drupe

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Trees p202
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p369

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Dipsacales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Viburnum opulus var. americanum   FAMILY Adoxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum opulus var. americanum   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Review of the nearctic Viburnum (McAtee, 1956)
Viburnum opulus var. trilobum