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Viburnum opulus
European Cranberry Bush
Caprifoliaceae
Located near Manchester parking lot.
- leaves opposite, simple, with 3 distinct lobes, lobes have rounded
points, petiole has glands near blade
- leaves glossy dark green, usually with poor fall color
- buds valvate, rounded, smooth, red-brown, plump
- flower buds and foliar buds are similar
- stems gray-brown, smooth, thick and stout
- flowers white, in flat-topped cluster, in early-mid spring
- flower cluster has outer ring of large white blooms and inner cluster
of small fertile flowers ("lacecap effect")
- fruit is a rounded red drupe, persistent, large, often persisting
and becoming a red raisin
- habit is a large, rounded, multi-stemmed shrub with arching branches
View Viburnum
opulus page in the UConn Plant Database
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