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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum dentatum
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
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Read more about Southern Arrowwood at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viburnum dentatum
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-008a:
Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum FAMILY Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum semitomentosum
COMMON NAME:
Southern Arrowwood
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvdentatum_hc1
April
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JK Marlow s050522_h
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Petioles and lower surface of leaves permanently pubescent, often stellate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_052621hayesville15
May Clay County NC
Clay County Native Botanical Garden
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_052621hayesville19
May Clay County NC
Clay County Native Botanical Garden
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_052621hayesville20
May Clay County NC
Clay County Native Botanical Garden
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JK Marlow jkm070611_025
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Flowers all perfect, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm070611_031
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Flowers borne in flat-topped compound cymes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvdentatum_lvl1
June Avery County NC
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_060521hayesville27
June Clay County NC
Clay County Native Botanical Garden
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvdentatum_huger
Month Unknown Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Fruit a rounded drupe, blue [when mature], per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum dentatum
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viburnum dentatum
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-008a:
Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum semitomentosum
1621
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: marshes, streambanks, swamps, other moist places, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, uncommon in Georgia Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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
Grayish-blue/Black
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) p392?
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p087?
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p266?
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p272
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p127?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p302?
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p425
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p129?
- 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 Blue Ridge (Lance) p15
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p373
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