Downy arrowwood

Viburnum rafinesqueanum, the downy arrowwood, is a deciduous medium-sized (typically about 2 meters tall) shrub native to the Eastern United States and Canada from Quebec and Manitoba south to Georgia and west to Oklahoma. Downy arrow-wood produces ornamental but slightly malodorous flowers in Spring.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Downy arrowwood being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Viburnum scabrellum
• Viburnum alabamense
• Viburnum dentatum
• Viburnum bracteatum
• Viburnum recognitum
• Viburnum ellipticum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Dipsacales

Family

Viburnaceae

Genus

Viburnum

Species

Viburnum rafinesqueanum

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