2505

Shrub
Perennial

Non-native: east Asia

Documented growing wild in - - -

Look for it in suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

• Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• Forest Health Assessment & Applied Sciences Team: New Invaders of the Northeast
• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, 2014

 

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Creamy white
Flowers all alike and fertile
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Fall
Orange/Red
Drupe

 

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

• Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control p178
• New Invaders of the Northeast and Northcentral US p075

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Viburnum dilatatum   FAMILY Adoxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum dilatatum   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae