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Viburnum sympodiale Graebn.

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'Viburnum sympodiale' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/viburnum/viburnum-sympodiale/). Accessed 2026-05-07.

Family

  • Viburnaceae

Genus

Glossary

inflorescence
Flower-bearing part of a plant; arrangement of flowers on the floral axis.
ovate
Egg-shaped; broadest towards the stem.

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'Viburnum sympodiale' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/viburnum/viburnum-sympodiale/). Accessed 2026-05-07.

Viburnum sympodiale

Serrate-dentate lamina margin on Viburnum sympodiale (White House Farm, UK – 19 October 2019). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

This is closely allied to both the preceding, especially to V. furcatum, but differs in having stipules on the leaf-stalks, and in its smaller, ovate, more finely toothed leaves. It was collected in Central China by Wilson in 1900, and may be in cultivation. Another member of the group, rare in cultivation, is V. nervosum D. Don (1825), which name has priority over V. cordifolium Wall. ex DC. (1830). The species is in cultivation at Wakehurst Place, Sussex, from Schilling 1107, collected in Nepal.It is a native of the eastern Himalaya, northern Burma and S.W. China. It differs from the preceding in having no sterile flowers in the inflorescence.

Viburnum sympodiale

Juvenile growth on Viburnum sympodiale covered in a more modest stellate pubescence compaired to its relatives (White House Farm, UK – 19 October 2019). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Viburnum sympodiale

Slender stipules at petiole base on Viburnum sympodiale, absent in V. furcatum and differing from the short hook-shaped ones in V. lantanoides (White House Farm, UK – 19 October 2019). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Viburnum sympodiale

Viburnum sympodiale leaves with the lamina broadly ovate-cordate, regularly serrate-dentate at margin (White House Farm, UK – 19 October 2019). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Viburnum sympodiale

Foliage on Viburnum sympodiale, from a plant at White House Farm, UK (19 October 2019). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Viburnum sympodiale

Stipules near the bases of the leaf petioles distinguish Viburnum sympodiale from other closely related species. Image Jack Aldridge.

Viburnum sympodiale

Large white lacecap flowers in combination with deep red emerging foliage make Viburnum sympodiale a highly desirable garden plant, deserving greater attention. It was introduced by the late Edward Needham (EN 2057). White House Farm, Kent, UK (April 2023). Image Jack Aldridge.

Viburnum sympodiale

Viburnum sympodiale EN 2057 flowering freely at White House Farm, Kent, UK (April 2023). Image Jack Aldridge.

Viburnum sympodiale

Viburnum sympodiale EN 2057 in fruit, its leaves only just beginning to lose their deep crimson spring colouring by midsummer. White House Farm, Kent, UK (June 2022). Image Jack Aldridge.

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