Downy Arrow-wood

Downy Arrow-wood

Viburnum refinesquianum

Honeysuckle Family - Caprifoliaceae

Underside of leaves with many soft hairs on the main veins. Two bristle-like bracts (stipules), longer than the stalks, at the base of each leaf stalk.

Smallish shrubs (generally 3 to 4 feet tall). Leaves opposite with short stalks (about 0.25" long) and sharp prominent teeth.

Small, creamy-white flowers arranged in a stalked, flatish, terminal cluster about 1 to 3 inches in diameter. (Photographed - early June)

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