Viburnum prunifolium L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Caprifoliaceae

• Scientific Name

  Viburnum prunifolium L.

• Description

  Species Description - Shrub or small tree to 8 m; stem and foliage glabrous, or sparsely brown-scurfy when young; petioles 5–12 mm, wingless or nearly so; lvs oblong or elliptic to obovate, rounded to apiculate or acute at the tip, serrulate, obtuse to rounded at the base, the floral ones mostly 3–5 cm at anthesis, those on sterile stems eventually 6–8 cm; cyme sessile (3)4-rayed, 5–10 cm wide; cor 4–7 mm wide; fr sweetish, blue-black, 9–15 mm, ellipsoid to subglobose; cal-tube forming a ring at the tip of the fr; stone flat, scarcely grooved; 2n=18. Woods, thickets, and roadsides; Conn. to s. Wis., s. Io., and Kans., s. to Ga. and Tex. Apr., May. (V. bushii)

• Common Names

  black haw