Viburnum plicatum
Viburnum plicatum
''Viburnum plicatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae , native to mainland China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.
Growing to 3 m tall, it is a deciduous shrub. The leaves are opposite, 5–10 cm long and 3–6 cm broad, simple ovate to oval, with a serrated margin. The flowers are produced in flat corymbs 5–10 cm in diameter, comprising a central cluster of fertile yellowish-white flowers 5 mm diameter, surrounded by a ring of showy, sterile flowers 2–3 cm diameter, which act as a target guide to pollinating insects. The fruit is an ovoid blue-black drupe 8–10 mm long.
Plants from Taiwan are sometimes distinguished as ''Viburnum plicatum'' var. ''formosanum'' Liu & Ou.
The Latin specific epithet ''plicatum'' means “pleated”, referring to the texture of the leaves.
Growing to 3 m tall, it is a deciduous shrub. The leaves are opposite, 5–10 cm long and 3–6 cm broad, simple ovate to oval, with a serrated margin. The flowers are produced in flat corymbs 5–10 cm in diameter, comprising a central cluster of fertile yellowish-white flowers 5 mm diameter, surrounded by a ring of showy, sterile flowers 2–3 cm diameter, which act as a target guide to pollinating insects. The fruit is an ovoid blue-black drupe 8–10 mm long.
Plants from Taiwan are sometimes distinguished as ''Viburnum plicatum'' var. ''formosanum'' Liu & Ou.
The Latin specific epithet ''plicatum'' means “pleated”, referring to the texture of the leaves.
