Blackhaw Viburnam
Viburnum prunifolium
Honeysuckle Family (Capifoliaceae)
▲▼ flowering plants in spring
▲ flowering shrub/small tree at Missouri Botanic Garden
▲ foliage
▲ upper plant is top of mature shrub
Location near campus: wild specimens can be found in the wooded area north of South Creek at the west side of McDaniel Park (at the corner of Sunset and National Avenue)
Viburnum prunifolium: Blackhaw Viburnum
· leaves opposite, simple, deciduous, ovate to rounded, 1-3" long and 1-2" wide with slightly cuneate to serrate margins; shiny dark green above and pale green below; not pubescent; fall color often bright red
· stems glabrous, short & stiff and gray-brown in color
· size is to 20' tall and about 2/3 as wide, often smaller in cultivation
· flowers are white in terminal flat-topped clusters (cymes) and fruit is a pinkish to black drupe which ripens in early fall
· grows well in sun or shade; prefers dryer soils
· slow to medium growth rate
· native to Missouri
· another native viburnum— Southern Blackhaw Viburnum (Viburnum rufidulum) has more leathery leaves and buds are covered with dark rusty-red hairs