Bracted Arrowwood

Viburnum bracteatum Adoxaceae

Growth habit

Shrub - Clonal

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee

Location

Newman Meadow, Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Cornell Botanic Gardens, Donald Egolf

Description

Deciduous shrub, reaching 3m in height; leaves circular to ovate, 5 to 12cm long, coarsely and sinuately dentate, base cordate, venation pubescent beneath, petiole 1.5 to 2cm long; inflorescences 4 to 8cm wide, with distinct bracts; fruits to 1cm long, blue-black.

USDA Hardiness Zone

5