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Viburnum plicatum var.
tomentosum
Doublefile Viburnum
Caprifoliaceae
Located on side of Budds building in garden by bench.
- leaves opposite, ovate, acuminate, with serrated margin
- leaves deep green, turning red in fall; veins are deeply indented,
giving leaf a pleated look
- flower buds valvate, fat at base, gray-brown
- foliar buds naked, pubescent, light brown
- stems gray, smooth, with orangeish lenticels
- flowers white, in flat-topped clusters, borne profusely along branches,
in mid spring
- flower clusters contain outer ring of large sterile flowers and
inner mass of small, fertile florets ("lacecap effect")
- fruit is an oblong drupe, red changing to black, taken early by
birds
- habit is distinct, a large multi-stemmed shrub with obvious horizontal
branching into definite layers
- plant bears small paired branchlets in pairs at nodes of stems,
forming a "fishbone effect"
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Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum page in the UConn
Plant Database
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