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Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Non-native: Europe

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Rare

Look for it . It's commonly cultivated, and rarely persistent or escaping, per Weakley's Flora

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

• Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013

 

 

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Creamy white
Bisexual (inner flowers) & sterile (outer flowers)
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p15

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Dipsacales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Viburnum opulus var. opulus   FAMILY Adoxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum opulus var. opulus   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae