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Viburnum rhytidophyllum (leatherleaf arrowwood)

Synonyms: Callicarpa vastifolia; Viburnum rhtidophyllum

Wikipedia Abstract

Viburnum rhytidophyllum (leatherleaf viburnum) is a species of Viburnum, native to Asia. This vigorous, coarsely textured evergreen shrub has an upright habit and 8-inch (20 cm) long, lustrous, deeply veined oval leaves with dark blue-green surfaces and pale green undersides. The leaf stems are fuzzy brown. In spring, fragrant creamy-white flowers bloom in clusters. Blue berries form in June and become plump through September, maturing to glossy black. Plants grow 10–15 feet (3.0–4.6 m) tall and wide.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub

Predators

Icerya purchasi (cottony cushion scale)[4]

Citations

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1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0