Viburnum molle

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Viburnum molle

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Dipsacales
Family:  | Adoxaceae
Genus:  | Viburnum
Species:  |

V. molle

Binomial name
Viburnum molle

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Viburnum molle, commonly called softleaf arrowwood,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the moschatel family (Adoxaceae). It is native to the eastern United States, where it restricted to the Midwest and Upper South.[2] Its distribution is scattered, and populations occur in disjunct clusters.[3] Its natural habitat is in rocky bluff forests over calcareous soil, and in adjacent bottomlands.[4][5]

Viburnum molle is a woody shrub that spreads by underground runners. It produces clusters of small white flowers in late spring. It has distinctive papery bark which peels off in sheets.[5] Although it bears a superficial resemblance to the more widespread Viburnum dentatum, it can be distinguished by its ovate-orbicular leaves with strictly cordate leaf bases, its prominent long-filiform stipules, and its ellipsoid fruit.[4][6]

## References

1. ↑ "Viburnum molle". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=vimo.
2. ↑ "Viburnum molle", County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA) (Biota of North America Program (BONAP)), 2014, http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Viburnum molle.png, retrieved 29 July 2018
3. ↑ Alan Weakley (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States". http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Viburnum molle Ohio Division of Natural Resources
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Yatskievych, George (2006). Flora of Missouri, Volume 2. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. pp. 789–790.
6. ↑ Chester, Edward (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee.

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