Viburnaceae
Southern arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum
- Family
- Viburnaceae
- Genus
- Viburnum
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- رباطية مسننة الأوراق, رِباطية مسننة الأوراق
- arz
- رباطيه مسننة الاوراق
- Chinese
- 齿叶荚蒾
- Czech
- Kalina zubatá
- English
- Southern arrowwood, Arrow-wood, Southern arrow-wood, Arrowwood viburnum, Roughish arrowwood
- Finnish
- Hammasheisi
- Swedish
- Tandolvon
Synonyms
- Viburnum dentatum var. dentatum
- Viburnum dentatum var. glabellum Michx.
- Viburnum dentatum var. longifolium Dippel
- Viburnum dentatum var. pubescens Aiton
- Viburnum dentatum var. scabrellum Torr. & A.Gray
- Viburnum dentatum var. semitomentosum Michx.
- Viburnum pubescens (Aiton) Pursh
- Viburnum pubescens var. canbyi S.F.Blake
- Viburnum pubescens var. longifolium (Dippel) S.F.Blake
- Viburnum pubescens var. petiolum T.J.Fitzp.
- Viburnum scabrellum var. dilutum McAtee
- Viburnum semitomentosum (Michx.) Rehder
- Viburnum tomentosum Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 366 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ashwin Srinivasan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: David Gorsline, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matt Pelikan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: naturalist charlie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ted Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society/James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Navin Sasikumar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan Keck from Ohio, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dan Keck from Ohio, CC0, 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.