Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

1621
Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Adoxaceae
Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum

LESS THAN
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Caprifoliaceae
174-05-008a
Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum

Common Name:
Arrowwood, Southern Arrowwood

Shrub
Perennial
Deciduous

Native to the Carolinas
Common
Documented growing wild in - NC SC

Look for it in marshes, streambanks, other moist places, per Weakley's Flora



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...Wet ...Moist ...Dry

Leaves:
Simple
Opposite

Flower:
Spring
White/Pinkish
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Grayish-blue/Black
Drupe

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Gardening with Native Plants of the South p087
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p266
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p127?
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p302?
Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p126
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p129
Wildflowers of Tennessee p269
Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p15




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image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum, image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
JK Marlow      jkm070429_008


April
Greenville County SC

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum, image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmvdentatum_hc1


April

 

image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum, image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
JK Marlow      jkm0305q_05


May
Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Leaves coarsely but regularly toothed, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.

 

image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum, image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
JK Marlow      jkm0505m_14


May
Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden

 

image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum, image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
JK Marlow      s050522_h


May
Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden

 

image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum, image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
JK Marlow      jkm070611_025


June
Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum, image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
JK Marlow      jkm070611_026


June
Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum, image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
JK Marlow      jkm070611_031


June
Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest

Acknowledgments to Patrick McMillan, Clemson University's Herbarium director, for taxonomic review

 

image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum, image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmvdentatum_lvl1


June
Avery County NC

 

image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum, image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
JK Marlow      jkm0308s_17


August
Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden

 

image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum, image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
JK Marlow      jkm0411b_11


November
Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden

 

image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum, image of Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
Patrick D. McMillan      pdmvdentatum_huger


Month Unknown
Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest

 

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