Viburnaceae

Leatherleaf arrowwood

Viburnum rhytidophyllum Hemsl.

Family: Viburnaceae
Genus: Viburnum

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Leatherleaf arrowwood (Viburnum rhytidophyllum) — FlowerPhoto: betsyyyy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (13)

Arabic: رباطية مجعدة الأوراق
Azerbaijani: Qırışvariyarpaqlı başınağacı
Chinese: 皱叶荚蒾, 山枇杷, 枇把叶荚蒾, 球核荚蒾
Czech: Kalina vrásčitolistá, Kalina svraskalá
Danish: Rynkeblad
English: Leatherleaf arrowwood, Leatherleaf viburnum, Leatherleaf arrowwoo
Esperanto: Sulketfolia viburno
German: Runzelblättriger Schneeball
Persian: بداغ برگچرمی, هفتکول برگچرمی
Polish: Kalina sztywnolistna
Serbian: Удика набораног листа
Swedish: Rynkolvon
Welsh: Gwifwrnwydden grech

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 33 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: betsyyyy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alexander Pohle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Peter Burka, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Holly Hodges, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jean-Jacques MILAN, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Татьяна Максимова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dryas, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Lucas Förderer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Yuriy Kvach, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matthias Bartusch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Andrew Fielding, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Hégésippe Cormier, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification 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.