Viburnum molle

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

Michx.

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[edit]

1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Viburnum molle". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
2. ^ "Viburnum molle". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
3. ^ Alan Weakley (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".
4. ^ a b Viburnum molle Ohio Division of Natural Resources
5. ^ a b 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.

Taxon identifiers

Viburnum molle|

* Wikidata: Q17434646
* Wikispecies: Viburnum molle
* CoL: 5BCBH
* EoL: 488692
* EPPO: VIBML
* FNA: 242417451
* GBIF: 2888618
* GRIN: 41389
* iNaturalist: 170201
* IPNI: 149825-1
* IRMNG: 10588713
* ITIS: 35267
* NatureServe: 2.149813
* NCBI: 237949
* Observation.org: 410972
* Open Tree of Life: 572553
* Plant List: kew-2455860
* PLANTS: VIMO
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149825-1
* Tropicos: 6000175
* WFO: wfo-0000421128