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Viburnum buddleifolium C. H. Wright

Modern name

Viburnum buddleifolium C.H. Wright

A deciduous shrub about 6 ft high; the young shoots densely covered with pale, star-like down. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide, pointed, rounded or slightly heart-shaped at the base, shallowly toothed; upper surface furnished with simple or forked hairs, the lower one felted with pale, stellate down; stalk 14 to 12 in. long. Flowers white, funnel-shaped, 13 in. across, all perfect, produced on a short-stalked, numerously branched cyme, 3 in. across. Fruits oval, 13 in. long, black.

Native of Central China; discovered and introduced by Wilson in 1900. It belongs to the Lantana group, differing from V. lantana in its narrow, oblong leaves. It has no ornamental value.


Genus

Viburnum

Other species in the genus