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Viburnum wrightii,
a deciduous tree with gray-brown bark, well-branched to grow thick
to as tall as 5 meters, inhabits forests or edges in mountainous
regions. Leaves are alternate, with blades 6-14 cm long and 4-9 cm
wide. They are obovate or broadly obovate, with tips abruptly
tapering to points. The bases are broad-cordate, circular, or
succulent, and the margins have triangular serrations. Branches end
in 6-10cm-long corymbs, which bear many small white flowers.
Corollas measure 5-7 mm in diameter, are cleft into five, and are
open flat. Stamens, 5 in number, protrude outward long. Fruit
(drupe) is broadly ovate, 6-9mm long, and mature red in
September-October. Bloom time. June-July. |
Wild plants in and around Shimane
島根とその周辺の野生植物
