Viburnum tinus L.
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L.
L.
1753
267
Tinus
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Viburnum tinus L.
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Viburnum tinus
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Viburnum tinus L.
Evergreen shrub to c. 5 m high, nearly glabrous except for young shoots and lvs. Petioles 0.7-3-(4) cm long, purplish, often hispid on exposed stems. Lamina 5-13-(15) × 2-6-(7) cm, ovate, ovate-oblong or elliptic, entire, glabrous except for axillary tufts beneath, sometimes ± hispid on midrib and lower part of main veins on both sides, somewhat shining above; base broad-cuneate to rounded; apex obtuse or acute. Infl. corymbose, to c. 8 cm diam.; branches, bracts and calyx purplish or reddish purple, glabrous or sparsely stellate-hairy. Fls ± fragrant. Calyx lobes c. 1 mm long, triangular. Corolla 3.5-5 mm long, rotate, 7-9 mm diam., white at anthesis, often becoming pink. Stamens > corolla; anthers c. 1 mm long, broad-oblong. Drupe 6-7 mm long excluding calyx, broad-ovoid, shining dark blue.
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1 January 2000
21 January 2021