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Read more about Mapleleaf Viburnum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Dipsacales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Viburnum acerifolium
FAMILY
Adoxaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum acerifolium
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-009:
Viburnum acerifolium
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaved Arrowwood, Dockmackie
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JK Marlow jkm0504g_05
April Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
The specific epithet "acerifolium" means maple-leaved.
JK Marlow jkm0504t_19
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Sinuses rounded.
COMPARE
leaves of Mapleleaf Viburnum and Maple species
JK Marlow jkm0504t_21
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Leaves 3-lobed, coarsely serrate, base rounded to cordate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_acerifolium_maplelf
April
Flowers in terminal flat-topped clusters (cymes), per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm0205cb_06a
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Flowering stems with one pair of leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_acerifolium_6
October
Fruit an ovoid drupe, ripening from green to pink then purplish-black, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.