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Viburnum buddleifolium C. H. Wright

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Viburnum buddleifolium' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/viburnum/viburnum-buddleifolium/). Accessed 2026-05-13.

Family

  • Viburnaceae

Genus

Glossary

cyme
Branched determinate inflorescence with a flower at the end of each branch. cymose In the form of a cyme.
lanceolate
Lance-shaped; broadest in middle tapering to point.
perfect
(botanical) All parts present and functional. Usually referring to both androecium and gynoecium of a flower.
simple
(of a leaf) Unlobed or undivided.
stellate
Star-shaped.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Viburnum buddleifolium' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/viburnum/viburnum-buddleifolium/). Accessed 2026-05-13.

Viburnum buddleifolium

Viburnum buddleifolium at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK (19699382*B). 7 April 2025. Image Tom Christian.

A deciduous shrub about 6 ft high; the young shoots densely covered with pale, star-like down. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 3 to 5 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide, pointed, rounded or slightly heart-shaped at the base, shallowly toothed; upper surface furnished with simple or forked hairs, the lower one felted with pale, stellate down; stalk 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 in. long. Flowers white, funnel-shaped, 1⁄3 in. across, all perfect, produced on a short-stalked, numerously branched cyme, 3 in. across. Fruits oval, 1⁄3 in. long, black.

Native of Central China; discovered and introduced by Wilson in 1900. It belongs to the Lantana group, differing from V. lantana in its narrow, oblong leaves. It has no ornamental value.

Viburnum buddleifolium

Viburnum buddleifolium at Gredington, Shropshire, UK, April 2012. Image John Grimshaw.

Viburnum buddleifolium

Viburnum buddleifolium was discovered and introduced to western Europe by E.H. Wilson in 1900. Private garden of J.C. Baudouin, Belgium. 5 September 2011. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Viburnum buddleifolium

Viburnum buddleifolium differs from Viburnum lantana in its narrow, oblong leaves. Private garden of J.C. Baudouin, Belgium. 5 September 2011. Image Guillaume Mamdy.

Viburnum buddleifolium

Flowering branchlets and leaves, with the lamina ovate to oblong-lanceolate, on Viburnum buddleifolium at Arboretum Les Arbres du Monde au Huelgoat, France (16 August 2012). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Viburnum buddleifolium

Starry down covers the petioles and bud on Viburnum buddleifolium (Arboretum Les Arbres du Monde au Huelgoat, France – 16 August 2012). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Viburnum buddleifolium

Dark green lamina upper surface with scattered long hairs on Viburnum buddleifolium (Arboretum Les Arbres du Monde au Huelgoat, France – 16 August 2012). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Viburnum buddleifolium

Pale lamina lower surface, with stellate pubescence on Viburnum buddleifolium (Arboretum Les Arbres du Monde au Huelgoat, France – 16 August 2012). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

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