Viburnaceae
Mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
- Family
- Viburnaceae
- Genus
- Viburnum
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- رباطية قيقبية الأوراق
- arz
- رباطيه قيقبية الاوراق
- Chinese
- 枫叶荚蒾
- English
- Mapleleaf viburnum, Arrow-wood, Dockmackie, Maple-leaved arrowwood, Maple-leaved viburnum, Possum haw
Synonyms
- Viburnum acerifolium f. acerifolium
- Viburnum acerifolium f. ovatum Rehder
- Viburnum acerifolium var. acerifolium
- Viburnum acerifolium var. densiflorum (Chapm.) McAtee
- Viburnum acerifolium var. glabrescens Rehder
- Viburnum densiflorum Chapm.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 2,049 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mark Connolly, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Carol Ann McCormick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Martin Kalfatovic, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Joseph Rojas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jomegat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jake McCumber, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: David Miles, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Navin Sasikumar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Liam Combs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: James H. Miller & Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.