Viburnum foetidum

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Viburnum foetidum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Viburnum foetidum, Wall. (V. ceanothoides, C. W. Wright). Upright shrub with spreading branches, to 10 ft.: branchlets stellate-pubescent: lvs. obovate to rhombic- or obovate-oblong, acute or acutish, rarely short-acuminate, cuneate at the base, sinuately toothed above the middle, 3-nerved at the base and with 1 or 2 pairs more of lateral veins, glabrous above, pubescent on the veins beneath, 1 – 2 1/2 in. long; petiole 1/4 – 1/3 in. long: fls. white, in cymes 2-4 in. across on lateral spreading branchlets: fr. scarlet, ovoid, 1/4 in. long. June. Himalayas, S. W. China. Var. rectangulum, Rehd. (V. rectangulum, Graebn.). Shrub, to 12 ft., with spreading, often pendulous branches: lvs. oblong-obovate to lanceolate, acuminate, remotely dentate or denticulate, usually nearly glabrous, 1 1/2 - 3 in. long: cymes on slender, lateral branchlets often spreading at right angles. W. China. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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