Viburnum sargentii

Koehne

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Summary

Viburnum sargentii is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae), native to north eastern Asia. Growing to 3 m (10 ft) tall and broad, it is a substantial deciduous shrub with 3-lobed, maple-like leaves, often turning red in autumn. Flat white flower-heads (cymes) resembling those of lacecap hydrangeas are borne in early summer. The outer florets are saucer-shaped and sterile, while the central tubular flowers are fertile. The flowers are followed in autumn by globose red berries. The specific epithet sargentii commemorates the American botanist Charles Sprague Sargent. The cultivar 'Onondaga', with red central flowers, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Description

A temperate shrub of the Adoxaceae family (sometimes classified in Caprifoliaceae) with edible fruit.

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Edible Uses

The fruit is eaten.

Distribution

It is a temperate plant. Arboretum Tasmania.

Where It Grows

Asia, Australia, China, Slovenia, Tasmania,

Notes

Also put in the family Caprifoliaceae.

Synonyms

Viburnum opulus var. calvescens (Rehder) H. HaraViburnum opulus var. sargentii (Koehne) Takeda

References (3)

http://www.botanic-gardens-ljubljana.com/en/plants
Kang, Y., et al, 2012, Wild food plants and wild edible fungi in two valleys on the Qinling Mountains (Shaanxi, central China) Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 9:26
Wiersema, J. H. & Leon, B., 2013, World Economic Plants. A Standard Reference CRC Press. 2nd Ed. p 717 (As Viburnum opulus var. sargentii)