Viburnum ellipticum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Adoxaceae |
| Genus: | Viburnum |
| Species: | V. ellipticum
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| Viburnum ellipticum | |
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Viburnum ellipticum var. macrocarpum Suksd. | |
Viburnum ellipticum, the common viburnum[3] or oval-leaved viburnum, is a species of shrub in family Adoxaceae.
The shrub has deciduous leaves with oval or rounded blades 2 to 6 centimetres (3⁄4 to 2+1⁄4 in) long. The leaf blade usually has three main longitudinal veins and a shallowly toothed edge. The inflorescence is a flat-topped cyme of many unpleasant-smelling white flowers, each 6 to 8 millimetres (1⁄4 to 5⁄16 in) wide with five petals and five whiskery, white stamens.[4] The fruit is a drupe about 1 cm long, red, blackening with age.[4]
It is native to the western United States from Washington to central California, where it occurs in forests and mountain chaparral habitat.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (6 December 2024). "Viburnum ellipticum | NatureServe Explorer". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ "Viburnum ellipticum Hook. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
- ^ NRCS. "Viburnum ellipticum". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ a b c Turner, Mark; Kuhlmann, Ellen (2014). Trees & Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest (1st ed.). Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 301. ISBN 978-1-60469-263-1.
External links
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