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Viburnum edule (Michx.) Raf.

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'Viburnum edule' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/viburnum/viburnum-edule/). Accessed 2025-11-17.

Family

  • Viburnaceae

Genus

Common Names

  • Mooseberry

Synonyms

  • Viburnum opulus var. edule Michx.
  • Viburnum pauciflorum Bach.Pyl. ex Torr. & A.Gray

Glossary

inflorescence
Flower-bearing part of a plant; arrangement of flowers on the floral axis.

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'Viburnum edule' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/viburnum/viburnum-edule/). Accessed 2025-11-17.

Viburnum edule

Viburnum edule emerging foliage (Banff, Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada, 16 May 2025). Image Sam Hoey.

Although allied to V. opulus and with similar foliage, this differs in the absence of sterile flowers from the inflorescence. It could be confused with V. acerifolium, but differs in its red fruits and in having winter-buds with a single pair of outer scales. It is of wide distribution in N. America, ranging across the continent in high latitudes, south in the mountains. The fruits are used for making jam.

Viburnum edule

Viburnum edule coming into leaf in spring (Banff, Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada, 16 May 2025). Image Sam Hoey.

Viburnum edule

Viburnum edule foliage (Lightning Lake, EC Manning Park, Canadian Cascades, British Columbia, Canada, 24 August 2025). Image Sam Hoey.

Viburnum edule

Viburnum edule fruit (Lightning Lake, EC Manning Park, Canadian Cascades, British Columbia, Canada, 24 August 2025). Image Sam Hoey.

Viburnum edule

The bud is naked and the petiole lacks large raised concave glands on Viburnum edule (UBC BG, Canada – 21 July 2012). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Viburnum edule

Foliage on Viburnum edule (UBC BG, Canada – 21 July 2012). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Viburnum edule

Fertile branchlet on Viburnum edule, from a plant at the University of British Columbia BG, Canada (21 July 2012). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

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