CAPRIFOLIACEAE HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 
SOUTHERN BLACK HAW 
Viburnum rufidulum Raf. 
The Southern Black Haw isa shrub or small tree of woods anc 
thickets from New Jersey to Illinois and Kansas, south to Florid: 
and Texas. It does not occur in northern Illinois but is not un 
common in central 
and southern parts. 
The young branches 
are covered with soft 
rusty-colored hairs. 
Large clusters of 
white flowers appear 
in June. The calyx is 
5 toothed and the 
wheel-shaped corolla 
is equally s-lobed 
with 5 stamens in- 
serted on its tube and 
extending beyond. 
The style is short and 
3-lobed. The fruit is a 
small, nearly black 
drupe which ripens in 
October and 1s edible. 
The seed is flat and 
nearly round. 
The Nannyberry or Sweet Viburnum, Viburnum Lentago L 
is found throughout the state, usually in low or boggy places. It 1 
a shrub or small tree 3-18 feet high, excellent for ornamental plant 
ing. The leaves are slender petioled, ovate, rather long pointed an 
closely and sharply toothed along the margin. Usually some 
them have winged petioles. The large clusters of white flowers ar 
pear in May and June and are very fragrant. The black, usuall 
oblong and edible fruits mature in September and October. Th 
seed is flat and oblong. Winter buds are smooth and acuminate. 
The Black Haw or Stag Bush, Viburnum pruntfolium L., isa tal 
erect and rapid-growing shrub similar to the Nannyberry, with 
tendency to crowd in moist thickets. The winter buds, however, ar 
smaller, blunted and often with reddish hairs. The ovate leaves at 
slightly or not pointed, finely toothed and with lower surfaces an 
slender petioles smooth. The white 5-petalled flowers are in sma 
sessile cymes. The oval. bluish black drupe is hoary, flattened an 
one-half inch long. 
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