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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viburnum nitidum
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Viburnum nitidum is a long-neglected entity, long subsumed under Viburnum nudum, that has now been recognized as a full species. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viburnum nudum var. nudum
INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Viburnum nudum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-002?:
Viburnum nudum FAMILY Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viburnum nudum var. angustifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum nudum
COMMON NAME:
Possumhaw Viburnum, Witherod Viburnum, Shining Viburnum
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vica_001_lhd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Viburnum nitidum
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viburnum nudum var. nudum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Viburnum nudum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-002?:
Viburnum nudum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viburnum nudum var. angustifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum nudum
4964
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: bogs and swamps, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy white
Peduncles usually 16-29mm long
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Pink to dark blue or black in late Jul-Aug
Drupe
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