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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum rafinesqueanum   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

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

Viburnum rafinesquianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-007:

Viburnum rafinesquianum   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

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

Viburnum rafinesquianum

 

COMMON NAME:
Downy Arrowwood


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image of Viburnum rafinesqueanum, Downy Arrowwood

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.

image of Viburnum rafinesqueanum, Downy Arrowwood

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.

image of Viburnum rafinesqueanum, Downy Arrowwood

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_v_rafinesquianum_5071

April    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

image of Viburnum rafinesqueanum, Downy Arrowwood

Terry Holdsclaw    tdh_v_rafinesquianum5049b

April    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Flowers all alike and fertile, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Viburnum rafinesqueanum, Downy Arrowwood

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_v_rafinesquianum_3

May        

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum rafinesqueanum   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viburnum rafinesquianum

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-007:
Viburnum rafinesquianum   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum rafinesquianum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1627

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Dry-mesic to dry woodlands and forests, especially over mafic rocks (but not at all restricted to such sites), less commonly in moister sites, also bluffs, stream banks, and riparian forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Common in NC Piedmont, rare in GA

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Drupe

 

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