Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Common name: 
Leatherleaf Viburnum
Pronunciation: 
vi-BER-num ri-ti-do-FIL-um
Family: 
Adoxaceae, Caprifoliaceae
Genus: 
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Broadleaf evergreen shrub, 10-15 ft (3-4.5 m) high, upright, multistemmed, somewhat open.  Leaves opposite, simple, leathery, ovate to lanceolate, 8-18 cm long, 2.5-6.5 cm wide, tip acute or blunt, base rounded or somewhat cordate, lustrous dark green and strongly wrinkled above (rhytidophyllum: with wrinkled leaves), gray, brownish, tomentose below.  Flowers yellowish-white, about 6 mm wide, in terminal 7-11 rayed clusters, about 20 cm wide, blooms in late spring.  Fruit ovoid, 8 mm, red, later black.
  • Sun and partial shade, tolerates heavy shade.  Well-drained acid soil.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 5      Native to central and western China
  • Oregon State Univ. campus: northeast corner of Graf Hall, on Monroe Ave.
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