Object Details
- Description
- Blackhaw viburnum has scentless white flower heads that are visually lovely. In the fall, these flowers become ornamental blue-black berries which can be eaten off the plant or made into jam.
- This plant is of Special Concern in Connecticut.
- Hardiness
- -40 - 30 F
- Attracts
- Birds, butterflies
- Bloom Time
- May to June
- Medicinal / Pharmaceutical
- Root bark has been used medicinally.
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2017-0476A
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Life Form
- Deciduous shrub/sub-shrub
- Average Height
- 12-15' (3.7-4.6 meters)
- Bark Characteristics
- Gray-brown
- Bloom Characteristics
- Flat-topped clusters of white flowers. 2-4" (5-10.2 cm) across. Individual flowers are .25" (.6 cm) across.
- Fall Color
- Red, purplish
- Foliage Characteristics
- Simple, opposite, ovate leaves with serrated margins. 1.5-3.5" long.
- Fruit Characteristics
- Oval drupes which mature from pink to black. Edible. Mature from August to early December.
- Structure
- Rounded
- Range
- Central and E USA
- Habitat
- Moist woods, forest edges, stream banks
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection
- On Display
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Common Name
- Black Haw
- Blackhaw Viburnum
- Plum Leaf Viburnum
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Asteranae
- Order
- Dipsacales
- Family
- Viburnaceae
- Genus
- Viburnum
- Species
- prunifolium
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Trees
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2017-0476A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7c276230b-584f-4e76-863d-9b6979ec1367
