Viburnum buddlejifolium
wooly speciesThe wooly viburnum is a shrub in the moschatel or Adoxaceae family native to central China, and growing to 3.5 m in height.
- the young shoots densely covered with pale, star-like down.
- Leaves are simple, deciduous, 7.5–12.5 cm long and 2.5–5 cm across, oblong-lanceolate, pointed, rounded or slightly heart-shaped at the base, shallowly toothed; upper surface has simple or forked hairs, the lower one felted with pale, stellate down; petiole is 0.6–1.2 cm long.
- Flowers are white, 0.8 cm across, all perfect, produced on a short-stalked, numerously branched cymes, 7.5 cm across.
- Fruit is oval, 0.8 cm long, red, eventually turning black.
Contributors
- Philippe de Spoelberch